🔍 Key Concepts

• Load line certificate validity and annual survey requirements under the Load Line Convention/46 CFR • Meaning of the anniversary date of a certificate • The allowed time window (in months) before/after the anniversary date for an annual endorsement survey

💭 Think About

• Identify the certificate’s anniversary date based on the issue date given in the question • Figure out how many months before and after that anniversary date a survey for endorsement is allowed to take place • Compare each choice to see which date falls inside that allowed survey window and which fall clearly before or after it

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm the regulation that states the survey must be carried out within a certain number of months before or after the anniversary date • Carefully count the months from 27 May 1993 backward and forward to set the earliest and latest acceptable survey dates • Check each option to be sure it is in the correct year and within the calculated date range, not just ‘about’ a year later