🔍 Key Concepts

• Responsibilities of engineering department during a dry-docking period • What machinery-related items are best inspected when the vessel is out of the water • Difference between structural inspections (hull form) and machinery inspections (propulsion equipment)

💭 Think About

• Which of these tasks most directly involves the engineering department’s expertise and records? • Which item becomes most accessible and critical to check only when the ship is lifted clear of the water? • Which options sound more like shipyard/maintenance crew work versus what ship’s engineers should personally verify?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which choice is clearly related to propulsion and machinery condition, a core duty of engineers • Consider which inspection would be difficult or impossible to do properly while the vessel is afloat • Ask: Which task would the engineers need to verify themselves for performance, vibration, and efficiency reasons after dry-docking?