Deadweight tonnage
(also known as
deadweight
; abbreviated to
DWT
,
D.W.T.
,
d.w.t.
, or
dwt
) or
tons deadweight
(DWT) is a measure of how much
weight
a ship can carry.
[1]
[2]
[3]
It is the sum of the weights of
cargo
, fuel,
fresh water
,
ballast water
, provisions, passengers, and
crew
.
[1]
DWT is often used to specify a ship's maximum permissible deadweight (i.e. when it is fully loaded so that its
Plimsoll line
is at water level), although it may also denote the actual DWT of a ship not loaded to capacity.
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One long ton (LT) is 2,240 pounds (1,016?kg)
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a
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