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• 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

• 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

• Ton — Not to be confused with tonnage. For other uses, see Ton (disambiguation). The ton is a unit of measure. It has a long history and has acquired a number of meanings and uses over the years. It is used principally as a unit of weight, and as a… …   Wikipedia

• ton —  , tonne  There are two kinds of ton: a long ton (used principally in the United Kingdom), weighing 2,240 lbs./1,016 kg., and a short ton (used in the United States and Canada), weighing 2,000 lbs./907 kg. A tonne is the British term for what in… …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• deadweight ton — noun Date: circa 1917 a long ton used in indicating a ship s gross capacity abbreviation dwt …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• deadweight ton — noun A long ton (2,2240 pounds), as used to measure of a ships carrying capacity, including bunker oil, fresh water, ballast water, crew, and provisions. Syn: DWT, dwt …   Wiktionary

• Deadweight — (englisch), Abkurzung dw, das Gesamtzuladungsgewicht eines Handelsschiffes in tons (tdw, 1 ton = 1016kg); es umfasst Ladung, Brennstoff, Proviant und sonstige Verbrauchsstoffe …   Maritimes Wörterbuch

• 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

• ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …   Universalium

• Sovcomflot — Infobox Company name = Sovcomflot type = State owned (100%) corporation genre = foundation = 1995 founder = location = Saint Petersburg area served = Worldwide key people = Sergey Naryshkin, Sergey Frank industry = Shipping products = market c… …   Wikipedia

• DWT — abbreviation Usage: often not capitalized deadweight ton * * * deadweight tons; deadweight tonnage. * * * abbrev Dead weight tonnage * * * abbr. ■ dead weight tonnage a 40,000 dwt slipway ■ pennyweight …   Useful english dictionary