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• cargo deadweight mass — noun the mass of the cargo on a ship …  

• deadweight cargo — ➔ cargo * * * deadweight cargo UK US noun [C or U] TRANSPORT ► goods that are very heavy in relation to the space that they take up. The cost of transporting these goods is calculated by their weight: »The tanker has sufficient cubic capacity to… …   Financial and business terms

• cargo — Goods being transported. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * cargo car‧go [ˈkɑːgəʊ ǁ ˈkɑːrgoʊ] noun cargoes PLURALFORM or cargos [countable, uncountable] TRANSPORT goods …   Financial and business terms

• deadweight — ► NOUN 1) the weight of an inert person or thing. 2) the total weight of cargo, stores, etc. which a ship can carry …   English terms dictionary

• deadweight tonnage — noun see deadweight capacity * * * Naut. the capacity in long tons of cargo, passengers, fuel, stores, etc. (deadweight tons), of a vessel: the difference between the loaded and light displacement tonnage of the vessel. Also called deadweight… …   Useful english dictionary

• Deadweight tonnage — As weight is added to a ship, it submerges. Maximum DWT is the amount of weight a ship can carry without riding dangerously low in the water …   Wikipedia

• Cargo ship — The Colombo Express, one of the largest container ships in the world (when she was built in 2005), owned and operated by Hapag Lloyd of Germany …   Wikipedia

• deadweight tonnage — Naut. the capacity in long tons of cargo, passengers, fuel, stores, etc. (deadweight tons), of a vessel: the difference between the loaded and light displacement tonnage of the vessel. Also called deadweight capacity. * * * …   Universalium

• deadweight ton — (dwt)    a traditional unit of weight or mass used in the shipping industry. The deadweight tonnage of a ship is the difference between its weight when completely empty and its weight when fully loaded. This includes the weight of everything… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• deadweight — The total weight in tons (2240 lb.) that a ship carries on a specified draft including fuel, water in tanks, cargo, stores, passengers, baggage, crew and their effects, but excluding the water in the boilers. It is the difference in weight… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• deadweight cargo — Any cargo, such as minerals and coal, for which the freight is charged on the basis of weight rather than volume …   Big dictionary of business and management