net tonnage

American  

noun

1. the taxable gross tonnage of a merchant ship.

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Example Sentences

In all, 5,230 toll-paying ships, having a net tonnage of 26,148,878, used the Canal.

From Time Magazine Archive

The net tonnage of vessels passing through the canal in 1911 was 18,324,794, and the total passengers were 275,651.

From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon

The Grace Morgan has a length of 49 feet, a breadth of 13.9 feet, and a depth of 5.7 feet, a gross tonnage of 21 tons, and a net tonnage of 10 tons.

From The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 by Cobb, John N. (John Nathan)

Her gross tonnage was 32,500 and her net tonnage, 9,145.

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

In 1912, with a net tonnage of 805,000, it held the sixth place among the merchant fleets of Europe, being ahead of, among other countries, Spain, Russia, and the Netherlands.

From New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various