'''Deadweight''' is a shipping term used to denote the number of [[Cargo Tonnage|long tons]] of 2,240 pounds that a vessel can transport of [[cargo]], stores and bunker fuel. It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces when unladen ("light") and the number of tons it displaces when submerged to the "load line." | '''Deadweight''' is a shipping term used to denote the number of [[Cargo Tonnage|long tons]] of 2,240 pounds that a vessel can transport of [[cargo]], stores and bunker fuel. It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces when unladen ("light") and the number of tons it displaces when submerged to the "load line." |