cargo tonnage

  • 1List of world's busiest ports by cargo tonnage — This is a list of the world s busiest seaports by cargo tonnage, the total mass of actual cargo transported through the port. The cargo rankings based on tonnage should be interpreted with caution since these measures are not directly comparable… …

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  • 2tonnage — ton‧nage [ˈtʌnɪdʒ] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. the total number of tons that something weighs: • The aim is to obtain the maximum saleable tonnage at reasonable cost. 2. TRANSPORT the size of a ship or the amount of goods it can carry,… …

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  • 3Cargo Polyvalent — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cargo. Un cargo polyvalent, aussi appelé cargo de divers, est un navire destiné au transport de marchandises. Contrairement aux porte conteneurs ou aux vraquiers par exemple, ils sont peu spécialisés et sont… …

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  • 4Cargo de divers — Cargo polyvalent Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cargo. Un cargo polyvalent, aussi appelé cargo de divers, est un navire destiné au transport de marchandises. Contrairement aux porte conteneurs ou aux vraquiers par exemple, ils sont peu… …

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  • 5Cargo mixte — Cargo polyvalent Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cargo. Un cargo polyvalent, aussi appelé cargo de divers, est un navire destiné au transport de marchandises. Contrairement aux porte conteneurs ou aux vraquiers par exemple, ils sont peu… …

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  • 6tonnage — index cargo Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 tonnage n. Capacity of a ship; the amount …

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  • 7cargo — I noun baggage, boatload, bulk, capacity, carload, cartload, charge, commodities, consignment, contents, conveyance, freight, freightage, furnishings, goods, haul, impedimenta, lading, lading of a ship, load, luggage, merchandise, onus, pack,… …

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  • 8tonnage — [tun′ij] n. [ME < MFr: see TUN & AGE] 1. a duty or tax on ships, based on tons carried 2. a charge per ton on cargo or freight on a canal, at a port, etc. 3. the total amount of shipping of a country or port, calculated in tons 4. the carrying …

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  • 9cargo — [n] baggage; something to be delivered burden, consignment, contents, freight, goods, haul, lading, load, merchandise, payload, shipload, shipment, tonnage, ware; concepts 338,446 …

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  • 10Tonnage — 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… …

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