tonnage
81Net register tonnage — See also: Ton#Units of volume Net register tonnage (NRT, nrt, n.r.t.) is a ship s cargo volume capacity expressed in register tons , one of which equals to a volume of 100 cubic feet (2.83 m3). It is calculated by reducing non revenue… …
82Deadweight 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 …
83Gross Register Tonnage — NOTOC . [The corresponding mass depends on what the volume is filled with, for example, 1 GRT of water weighs around 2,800 kg.] This calculation of gross register tonnage is complex; a hold can, for instance, be assessed for grain (accounting for …
84Compensated 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… …
85gross 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 …
86net tonnage — UK US noun [U] TRANSPORT, MEASURES ► the amount of space inside a ship for carrying goods → Compare GROSS TONNAGE(Cf. ↑gross tonnage), DEADWEIGHT TONNAGE(Cf. ↑deadweight tonnage) …
87deadweight tonnage — noun see deadweight capacity * * * Naut. the capacity in long tons of cargo, passengers, fuel, stores, etc. (deadweight tons), of a vessel: the difference between the loaded and light displacement tonnage of the vessel. Also called deadweight… …
88Panneau de signalisation d'une limitation de tonnage (France) — Le panneau de signalisation routière français circulaire à fond blanc, bordé d’une couronne rouge et portant en son centre une inscription suivie de la lettre « t » signale à l’usager de la route une interdiction d accès aux véhicules,… …
89deadweight tonnage — ˌdeadweight ˈtonnage abbreviation dwt noun [uncountable] TRANSPORT another name for deadweight * * * deadweight tonnage UK US noun [U] (ABBREVIATION …
90net registered tonnage — ➔ tonnage * * * net registered tonnage UK US noun [C or U] (ABBREVIATION NRT) TRANSPORT, MEASURES ► a measure in tons of the size of the inside of a ship for carrying goods, which does not include the space used for fuel, engines, etc …
