A shipping ton, freight ton, measurement ton or ocean ton is a measure of volume used for shipments of freight in large vehicles, trains or ships. In...

The long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton, is a measurement unit equal to 2,240 pounds (1,016.0 kg). It is the name for the unit...

hundredweight). A short ton–force is 2,000 pounds-force (8,896.44 N). Tonnage, volume measurement used in maritime shipping, originally based on 100...

completion of the 25,000 ton ocean liner SS Shalom, which turned out to be a failure, marking the end of the ZIM passenger shipping era. Due to rising airline...

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...

[citation needed] Transport portal Containerization Panama Canal toll system Shipping ton Maersk claims 14,780 TEU worth of space and a loading plan of 15,212...

American Revolution. Four salt spoons equaled one teaspoon. Seah Ser Shipping ton – a unit of volume defined as 50 cu ft (1.4 m3) Stuck Wineglass – used...

5400 cu. ft., or 54 English shipping tons. Note that many English sources such as Joyner provide these numbers calqued as "tons" without converting their...

Chartering is an activity within the shipping industry whereby a shipowner hires out the use of their vessel to a charterer. The contract between the parties...

sometimes reckoned as 3000 "sacks". By the 1940s the shipping koku was 1⁄10 of the shipping ton of 40 or 42 cu ft (i.e., 110–120 L); the koku of timber...