deadweight cargo
1deadweight 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… …
2deadweight cargo — Any cargo, such as minerals and coal, for which the freight is charged on the basis of weight rather than volume …
3deadweight cargo — /ˌdedweɪt kɑ:gəυ/ noun a heavy cargo which is charged by weight, not by volume …
4cargo — Goods being transported. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * cargo car‧go [ˈkɑːgəʊ ǁ ˈkɑːrgoʊ] noun cargoes PLURALFORM or cargos [countable, uncountable] TRANSPORT goods …
5deadweight — ► NOUN 1) the weight of an inert person or thing. 2) the total weight of cargo, stores, etc. which a ship can carry …
6deadweight 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… …
7Deadweight 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 …
8Cargo 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 …
9deadweight 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. * * * …
10deadweight 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… …
