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New page: '''Deadweight''' is a shipping term used to denote the number of long tons of 2,240 pounds that a vessel can transport of cargo, stores and bunker fuel. It is the dif...
'''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."
A '''Deadweight Cargo''' is a long ton of cargo that can be stowed in less than 40 cubic feet.<ref>U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration [http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/glossary.html]</ref>
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[[Category:Shipping terms]]
A '''Deadweight Cargo''' is a long ton of cargo that can be stowed in less than 40 cubic feet.<ref>U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration [http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/glossary.html]</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Shipping terms]]