Title 46

SECTION 30.10-20

30.10-20 Deadweight or DWT - TB/ALL.

§ 30.10-20 Deadweight or DWT - TB/ALL.

The term deadweight or DWT means the difference in metric tons between the lightweight displacement and the total displacement of a vessel measured in water of specific gravity 1.025 at the load waterline corresponding to the summer freeboard assigned according to 46 CFR, subchapter E.

[CGD 74-127, 41 FR 3843, Jan. 26, 1976]