deadweight tonnage

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. the capacity in long tons of cargo, passengers, fuel, stores, etc. deadweighttons, of a vessel: the difference between the loaded and light displacement tonnage of the vessel.

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Example Sentences

A shadow fleet of vessels that transports this sanctioned oil has ballooned to a fifth of global deadweight tonnage, data from maritime journal Lloyd’s List shows.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dwt stands for deadweight tonnage.

From Forbes

The company’s opening rigid steel sail concept, Lotus, could be retrofitted onto 6,100 bulk carriers over 10,000 deadweight tonnage –sailor speak for the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water, ballast water, provisions, passengers, and crew– immediately and thereby reduce fuel consumption by between 20 percent and 40 percent, according to a company presentation.

From Forbes

OceanFreight owns four capesize and two panamax ships with a weighted average age of six years, and deadweight tonnage of 859,622 tons.

From Reuters

Currently, General Maritime owns 31 tankers with a total carrying capacity of about 4 million deadweight tonnage.

From Reuters