Question 2264 Deck Safety
70% to passYou are loading in a port subject to the summer load line mark and bound for a port subject to the tropical load line mark. You will enter the tropical zone after steaming four days. You will consume 33 tons of fuel, water, and stores per day. The hydrometer reading at the loading pier is 1.006, and the average TPI is 66. What is the minimum freeboard required at the start of the voyage? Reference Table BL-0022 below.
The correct answer is A) 78 inches. To determine the minimum freeboard required at the start of the voyage, we need to refer to the load line tables and consider the voyage route, the zone, and the vessel's draft. Since the vessel is loading in a port subject to the summer load line mark and bound for a port subject to the tropical load line mark, the minimum freeboard required is the greater of the summer load line mark and the tropical load line mark. According to the information provided and Table BL-0022, the minimum freeboard required is 78 inches. The other answer choices are incorrect because they do not match the minimum freeboard requirement for the given voyage route and zone.
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