Deck General · Draft & Displacement
Deadweight tonnage (DWT) represents:
- AThe weight of the empty vessel
- BThe total weight of cargo, fuel, stores, water, and crew a vessel can carry at its load line✓ Correct
- CThe enclosed volume of the vessel
- DThe weight of the hull steel only
Explanation
DWT is the difference between loaded displacement (at the assigned load line) and lightship displacement. It is the carrying capacity: cargo plus all consumables and crew.
Authority: International Convention on Load Lines 1966; principles of naval architecture
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