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What does 'DWT' stand for in ship specifications?
What does 'DWT' stand for in ship specifications?
- Dead Weight Tonnage (correct)
- Draft Water Tonnage
- Delivery Weight Tonnage
- Dynamic Weight Tonnage
The abbreviation 'VLGC' refers to a Very Large Gas Carrier.
The abbreviation 'VLGC' refers to a Very Large Gas Carrier.
True (A)
The ______ is a measure of how much cargo a ship can carry.
The ______ is a measure of how much cargo a ship can carry.
Dead Weight Tonnage
Match the following abbreviations with their meanings:
Match the following abbreviations with their meanings:
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TTF
TTF
Refers to the price of natural gas at the Title Transfer Facility.
DWT
DWT
A measure of the total weight a ship can carry.
TFOE
TFOE
A type of propulsion system using three different fuels - diesel, gas, and electric.
VLGC
VLGC
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Study Notes
Shipping Terminology
- DES: Delivered Ex-Ship
- CPP: Controllable Pitch Propeller
- TC: Time Charter
- RHS: RHS Group - Freight Services business/company
- BCF: Billion Cubic Feet
- MT: Metric Ton
- MMBTU: One Million British Thermal Units
- HH: Henry Hub (price point)
- TTF: Title Transfer Facility (price point)
- JKM: Japan Korea Marker (price point)
- GJ: Gigajoules - energy content in natural gas
- VLGC: Very Large Gas Carrier (ship)
- IGC: International Code for the Construction & Equipment of Ships
- DWT: Deadweight Tonnage - A measure of the total weight a ship can carry
- GT: Gross Tonnage
- NT: Net Tonnage
- TPC: Tons Per Centimetre - The no. of tons required to sink the ship one centimeter
- MISC: Miscellaneous details
- SWL: Safe Working Load
- VLCC: Very Large Crude Carrier
- TFDE: Tri-Fuel Diesel Electric-propulsion type
- ESD: Estimated Shipping Date
- BOR: Boil off Rate
- BOG: Boil off Gas
- M/E: Main Engine
- MGC: Medium Gas Carriers
- SOx: Sulfur Oxides
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