tonnage
101duty of tonnage — A fee that encompasses all taxes and customs duties, regardless of their name or form, imposed upon a vessel as an instrument of commerce for entering, remaining in, or exiting from a port. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law.… …
102gross tonnage — gross register tonnage See tonnage …
103net tonnage — net register tonnage See tonnage …
104register tonnage — noun : the gross tonnage of a ship less deductions (as of space occupied by engines and crew) and consisting of the part actually available for commercial use (as in the transport of freight or passengers) * * * Naut. the volume of a vessel, esp …
105Gross Register Tonnage — Jauge brute Pour les articles homonymes, voir Jauge. La jauge brute est une mesure de la capacité de transport d un navire. Elle s exprime en tonneaux de jauge brute (ou tjb), ou en mètres cubes. Un tonneau de jauge brute vaut 100 pieds cubes,… …
106Gross Register Tonnage — Gross Register Tonnage, s. Schiffsvermessung …
107deadweight tonnage — Naut. 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. Also called deadweight capacity. * * * …
108gross tonnage — Naut. the total volume of a vessel, expressed in units of 100 cubic feet (gross ton), with certain open structures, deckhouses, tanks, etc., exempted. Also called gross register tonnage. * * * …
109net register tonnage. — See net tonnage. * * * …
110register tonnage — Naut. the volume of a vessel, esp. the net tonnage as measured officially and registered for purposes of taxation. [1855 60] * * * …