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Meanings of deadweight tonnage in English

Russian
дедвейт
Portuguese
dwt
Spanish
dwt
Catalan
tonatge de pes mort

Measurement of a ship's weight carrying capacity.

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        дедвейт
        Usage of deadweight tonnage in English
        1
        The Company's ship construction contracts in hand include approximately 8,900,600 deadweight tonnage.
        Reuters
        2
        Currently, General Maritime owns 31 tankers with a total carrying capacity of about 4 million deadweight tonnage.
        Reuters
        3
        Fifteen cargo ships with a deadweight tonnage of 103,692, were lost during 1918 by the Naval Overseas Transportation Service.
        Our Navy in the War
        4
        Deadweight tonnage is the weight of whatever a ship carries in the way of cargo.
        The new yorker
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