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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 usage, "tonnage" specifically refers to a calculation of the volume or cargo volume of a ship.
In August 2021, the record for most containers loaded onto a single ship is held by the Ever Ace, which carried a total of 21,710 TEU of containers from Yantian to Europe. [ 2 ] As of January 2024, the record for the largest container ship is held by MSC 's Irina -class with the capacity of 24,346 TEU.
The world's total of container ship deadweight tonnage has increased from 11 million DWT in 1980 to 169.0 million DWT in 2010. [57] The combined deadweight tonnage of container ships and general cargo ships, which also often carry containers, represents 21.8% of the world's fleet.
The record-breaking ship weighs 250,800 tons — 6% more than the current size leader among cruise ships, Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas, The Points Guy reported. The massive ship will be ...
COSCO Shipping Universe: COSCO Universe class: Container ship: 400 m (1,300 ft) 58.6 m (192 ft) 16 m (52 ft) 215,553: In service: Jiangnan Shipyard: COSCO [66] COSCO Shipping Nebula: In service [67] COSCO Shipping Galaxy: In service [68] COSCO Shipping Solar: In service [69] COSCO Shipping Star: In service [70] COSCO Shipping Planet: In service ...
The table is based on the annual maritime shipping statistics provided by the British Government and the Department for Transport. It is complete and correct for the year ending 2012. [1] Statistics are published on an annual basis every September. 2022 numbers are given for actual country of ownership for dwt tonnage.
At 250,800 gross tons and nearly 1,200 feet long, it makes the Titanic look like a tugboat. For comparison, the Titanic was 882.9 feet long and 46,328 gross tons.
Gross register tonnage (GRT, grt, g.r.t., gt), or gross registered tonnage, is a ship's total internal volume expressed in "register tons", each of which is equal to 100 cubic feet (2.83 m 3). Replaced by Gross Tonnage (GT), gross register tonnage uses the total permanently enclosed capacity of the vessel as its basis for volume.