Load Lines

Question 1

The primary purpose of a load line is to establish the required ______________.

Answer 1

Required Freeboard

Question 2

The annual survey for endorsement of a Load Line Certificate must be held within ________.

Answer 2

Three months either way of the certificate’s anniversary date

Question 3

A marking in the form of a circle 12” in diameter intersected by a horizontal line 18” long and 1” wide, the upper edge passes through the center of the disk is called a ____________________.

Answer 3

Load Line Mark

Question 4

Periodic surveys to renew the load line assignment must be made at intervals NOT exceeding …

Answer 4

Five Years

Question 5

The plimsoll mark on a vessel is used to ____________.

Answer 5

Indicate the vessel’s safe loading limits

Question 6

Periodic surveys to renew the load line assignment must be made at intervals NOT exceeding ________________.

Answer 6

Five Years

Question 7

The document on a vessel, annually endorsed by an American Bureau of shipping surveyor, is called the __________________.

Answer 7

Load Line Certificate

Question 8

The maximum draft to which a vessel can legally be submerged is indicated by the ______________.

Answer 8

Load Line Mark

Question 9

A load line certificate is valid for how many years?

Answer 9

5 Years

Question 10

Your load line certificate expires on 27 May 1988. The vessel is surveyed on that date and is found satisfactory. You are sailing foreign the same day. The existing certificate may be extended for a period of up to 150 days. TRUE or FALSE?

Answer 10

True