Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:46:00 GMT Server: Stronghold/2.1.1 Apache/1.2.4 Last-Modified: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 18:08:44 GMT ETag: "1e6f8-9ee-343bcc2c" Content-Length: 2542 Accept-Ranges: bytes Connection: close Content-Type: text/html
bbls: abbreviation for barrels
beam: the extreme width of a ship at the widest part
deadweight: weight of cargo and stores that a vessel can carry
depth: distance from the keel to the main deck of a ship
displacement: the weight of the water displaced by a vessel when floating; in other words, the weight of the vessel
DWT: abbreviation for deadweight tons
FEU: acronym for Forty-foot Equivalent Unit, a standard container size
LASH: acronym for Lighter Aboard SHip
lighter: standard size (61.5 feet long x 31 feet wide x 12 feet deep; 450 DWT) barges carried aboard LASH ships
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