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Deadweight Tonnage

Deadweight Tonnage

Created OnFebruary 6, 2018
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The lifting or carrying capacity of a ship when fully loaded. This measure is expressed in long tons when the ship is in salt water and loaded to her marks. When loaded to her summer marks the value is for her summer deadweight (SWDT). It includes cargo, bunkers, water, (potable, boiler, ballast), stores, passengers and crew.

Related:

  • Dreadage or Dreading Clause
  • Cargo Capacity
  • All told
  • Net Capacity
  • Grain capacity
  • Deadfreight

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