gross tonnage
1Gross tonnage — Gross Tonnage, along with Net Tonnage, was defined by The International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 , adopted by the International Maritime Organization in 1969, and came into force on July 18, 1982. These two measurements… …
2gross tonnage — UK US noun [U] (ABBREVIATION Gro T, also G.T., or GT, or gt) TRANSPORT, MEASURES ► a ship s total volume (= the amount of space inside it): »The liner was built in 2007 and her gross …
3gross tonnage — noun : tonnage 4a * * * Naut. the total volume of a vessel, expressed in units of 100 cubic feet (gross ton), with certain open structures, deckhouses, tanks, etc., exempted. Also called gross register tonnage. * * * gross tonnage The total space …
4gross tonnage — gross register tonnage See tonnage …
5gross tonnage — Naut. the total volume of a vessel, expressed in units of 100 cubic feet (gross ton), with certain open structures, deckhouses, tanks, etc., exempted. Also called gross register tonnage. * * * …
6gross tonnage — a measurement of ship volume; may be used with engine power as a measure of fishing capacity …
7gross tonnage — /groʊs ˈtʌnɪdʒ / (say grohs tunij) noun a measure of the enclosed internal volume of a ship and its superstructure, with certain spaces exempted …
8gross tonnage — /grəυs tʌnɪdʒ/ noun the total amount of space in a ship …
9Compensated gross tonnage — (CGT) is an indicator of the amount of work that is necessary to build a given ship and is calculated by multiplying the tonnage of a ship by a coefficient, which is determined according to type and size of a particular ship. The standard CGT… …
10Tonnage — Ton nage (?; 48), n. [From {Ton} a measure.] [1913 Webster] 1. The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship. [1913 Webster] 2. The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several… …
