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• Tonnage — Not to be confused with Ton. Tonnage is a measure of the size or cargo carrying capacity of a ship. The term derives from the taxation paid on tuns or casks of wine, and was later used in reference to the weight of a ship s cargo; however, in… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• tonnage — /tun ij/, n. 1. the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons. 2. ships collectively considered with reference to their carrying capacity or together with their cargoes. 3 …   Universalium

• 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 tonnage — dead′weight ton′nage n. naut. navig. the capacity in long tons of cargo, passengers, fuel, etc. (dead′weight tons′), of a vessel: the difference between the loaded and light displacement tonnage of the vessel …   From formal English to slang

• deadweight — Synonyms and related words: avoirdupois, bale, beef, beefiness, burden, burdening, burthen, cargo, charge, charging, cross, cumber, cumbrance, difficulty, disadvantage, drag, duty, embarrassment, encumbrance, fatness, freight, gravity, gross… …   Moby Thesaurus

• tonnage — ton•nage [[t]ˈtʌn ɪdʒ[/t]] n. 1) naut. navig. the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons 2) naut. navig. ships collectively considered with reference to their carrying… …   From formal English to slang

• deadweight tonnage — /ˈdɛdweɪt tʌnɪdʒ / (say dedwayt tunij) noun the mass of the cargo, fuel, potable water, boiler feed water, ballast, stores, crew, gear, etc., on a ship …