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What (who) is gross tonnage - definition

NONLINEAR MEASURE OF A SHIP'S OVERALL INTERNAL VOLUME
Gross ton; Gross tons; Gross Tonnage
  • Gross tonnage is calculated by measuring a ship's volume (from keel to funnel, to the outside of the hull framing) and applying a mathematical formula.

Compensated gross tonnage         
Compensated Gross Tonnage
Compensated Gross Tonnage (CGT) is an indicator of the amount of work that is necessary to build a given ship and is calculated by multiplying the tonnage of a ship by a coefficient, which is determined according to type and size of a particular ship.
List of largest ships by gross tonnage         
WIKIMEDIA LIST ARTICLE
List of world's largest ships by gross tonnage
Depending on design requirements, some ships have extremely large internal volumes in order to serve their duties. Gross tonnage is a monotonic and 1-to-1 function of the ship's internal structural volume.
tonnage         
  • Traditional English wine cask units
MEASURE OF THE CARGO-CARRYING VOLUMETRIC CAPACITY OF A SHIP
Register Tonnage; Deplacement; Register ton; Gross Weight Tonnage; Tunnage; Tonage; Ship tonnage; Ship ton; Ship tons; Cargo capacity; Shipping capacity
n. dead-weight; displacement; gross; net, registered tonnage

Wikipedia

Gross tonnage

Gross tonnage (GT, G.T. or gt) is a nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage. Neither gross tonnage nor gross register tonnage should be confused with measures of mass or weight such as deadweight tonnage or displacement.

Gross tonnage, along with net tonnage, was defined by the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 1969, and came into force on 18 July 1982. These two measurements replaced gross register tonnage (GRT) and net register tonnage (NRT). Gross tonnage is calculated based on "the moulded volume of all enclosed spaces of the ship" and is used to determine things such as a ship's manning regulations, safety rules, registration fees, and port dues, whereas the older gross register tonnage is a measure of the volume of only certain enclosed spaces.

Examples of use of gross tonnage
1. The company‘s website says the vessel has a gross tonnage of 5857 tons and room for 2221 passengers.
2. GT gross tonnage grows÷ Fuelled by the order boom in international shipping, the gross tonnage (GT) classified by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has grown to more than 50 million and marks a milestone in the history of the classification society, which now counts over 5,730 vessels on its register worldwide.
3. International regulations require passenger ships and other ships of 3000 gross tonnage and upwards to carry data recorders to help in accident investigations.
4. Eric Locsin, a terminal operations officer, told DZRH radio that they were still investigating the cause of Thursday‘s explosion, adding that the ship had a gross tonnage of more than 2,000 tonnes.
5. SCI‘s present, diverse, fleet stands at 84 vessels with gross tonnage of about 2.84 million (4.'3 million DWT) and acquisition of these VLCCs follows the company strategy of maintaining a young and modern fleet.