Search results for keyword: deadweight

Deadweight, gross, net, displacement.

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Tropical Deadweight

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Summer Deadweight

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Cargo ship of 14.800 tonnes deadweight.

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DWT

Deadweight tons.

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Deadweight Cargo Tons or the weight of to be transported under a charter party

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A common measure of ship carrying capacity. The number of tons (2240 lbs.) of cargo, stores and bunkers that a vessel can transport. It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces "light" and the number of tons it displaces "w ...

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A long ton of cargo that can be stowed in less than 40 cubic feet.

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The number of tons of 2,240 pounds that a vessel can transport of cargo, stores and bunker fuel. It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces "light" and the number of tons it displaces when submerged to the "load line." ...

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A tanker of such size as to take commercial advantage under Worldscale (generally, tankers 80,000-119,000 DWT) – A tanker with deadweight of 79,999dwt, however the term Aframax is generally used for tankers in the 50,000 – 100,000dwt capacity range.

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