deadweight capacity
11Deadweight 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 …
12deadweight ton — noun Date: circa 1917 a long ton used in indicating a ship s gross capacity abbreviation dwt …
13deadweight 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 …
14Deadweight tons — The lifting capacity of a ship expressed in long tons (2,240 lbs.), including cargo, commodities, and crew. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …
15deadweight 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 …
16net capacity — The weight of cargo which a vessel can carry when loaded in salt water to her summer freeboard marks. Also called cargo carrying capacity, cargo deadweight, useful deadweight …
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18MV Colombo Express — Colombo Express on its maiden voyage into Hamburg, with the Köhlbrand bridge in the background, in April 2005 Career Name …
19supertanker — /sooh peuhr tang keuhr/, n. a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons. [SUPER + TANKER] * * * large tanker (q.v.) or cargo ship, commonly an oil carrying vessel that might exceed 500,000 tons deadweight. * * * …
20Dale class oiler — RFA Abbeydale, underway in 1952 Class overview Name: Dale class oiler Builders: Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd Blythwood Shipbuilding Company Ltd …
