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

DBS economists expect export growth to accelerate to 8.4% in April from 2.5% in March, noting that container ship deadweight tonnage at 20 major ports rose during the period.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Ships of all different sizes, measured by deadweight tonnage, have passed through the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

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 • Jan. 12, 2026

Of these, 325, representing a total deadweight tonnage of 1,941,875, were delivered during that twelve-month period.

From Time Magazine Archive

This gives us a total of more than one thousand four hundred ships with an approximate total deadweight tonnage of 7,000,000 now under the control of the United States Shipping Board.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew