Deadweight Tonnage (DWT) 2
Deadweight Tonnage (DWT) 2 : The number of 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 "light" and the number of tons it displaces when submerged to the load line. An approximate conversion ratio is 1NT = 1.7GT and 1GT = 1.5DWT
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