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Deadweight tonnage (Water)

Term · Transportation · MLC-T-TRA-000099

The carrying capacity of a vessel in long tons (2,240 pounds). It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces light and the number of tons it displaces when submerged to the load line.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-TRA-000099
FieldTransportation
SubjectWater
ReferencesNational Transportation Statistics, Appendix B: Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-TRA-000099",
  "term": "Deadweight tonnage (Water)",
  "field": "Transportation",
  "definition": "The carrying capacity of a vessel in long tons (2,240 pounds). It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces light and the number of tons it displaces when submerged to the load line.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "National Transportation Statistics, Appendix B: Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/transportation/deadweight-tonnage-water/"
}

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