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deadweight tonnage
the capacity in long tons of cargo, passengers, fuel, stores, etc. (deadweight tons) of a vessel: the difference between the loaded and light displacement tonnage of the vessel. -
liberty ship
a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons. -
supertanker
a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons. -
tonnage
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons. -
ulcc
University of London Computing Centre -
vlcc
very large crude carrier: an oil tanker with a capacity between 200 000 and 400 000 tons