Tonnage is a measure of the capacity of a ship, and is commonly used to assess fees on commercial shipping. The term derives from the taxation paid on tuns or casks of wine. In modern maritime …

The meaning of TONNAGE is the cubical content of a merchant ship in units of 100 cubic feet.

tonnage, in shipping, the total number of tons registered or carried or the total carrying capacity. Gross tonnage (GT) is calculated from the formula GT = K1V, where V is the volume of a ship’s enclosed …

The tonnage of a ship is its size or the amount of space that it has inside it for cargo.

Definition of tonnage noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

The figures do not represent the ships' tonnage, but their actual load, including almost empty or overloaded ships.

2. (Commerce) the weight of the cargo of a merchant ship 3. (Commerce) the total amount of shipping of a port or nation, estimated by the capacity of its ships 4. (Commerce) a duty on ships based either on …

ton•nage (tun′ ij), n. the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons. ships collectively considered with reference to their …

TONNAGE definition: the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, ton, or of volume, as gross tons. ton. See examples of tonnage used in a sentence.

TONNAGE meaning: 1 : the size of a ship or the total weight that it carries in tons; 2 : the total weight or amount of something in tons