5278. A vessel's drafts are: FWD 19'-00″, AFT 17'-02″. How much more cargo can be loaded to have the vessel down to the freeboard draft? (Use the information in Section 1, the blue pages, of the Stability Data Reference Book)

The vessel's present mean draft is calculated by averaging the forward and aft drafts. The difference in displacement between the vessel's current draft and its freeboard draft, obtained from the Stability Data Reference Book, determines the additional cargo that can be loaded, which is 6149 tons.