The New Merchant Marine

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Century, 1920 - Merchant marine - 296 pages

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Page 275 - It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces "light" and the number of tons it displaces when submerged to the "load water line." Deadweight tonnage is used interchangeably with deadweight carrying capacity. A vessel's capacity for weight cargo is less than its total deadweight tonnage. 2. Cargo Tonnage is either "weight
Page 183 - Reports of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Trade to consider the position of the. First report (Nov., 1916). The German Control Stations and the Atlantic Emigrant Traffic.
Page 193 - American steamship owner would not have as much to worry him as he has today In the doubt whether or not merchants of his own country are going to patronize his homeward-bound ships In preference to patronizing the ships of his foreign competitors for American business.
Page 276 - light" is the weight of the vessel without stores, bunker fuel, or cargo. Displacement "loaded" is the weight of the vessel plus cargo, fuel, and stores. For a modern freight steamer the following relative tonnage figures would...
Page 282 - ... more than our competitors are paying. That is not to be contradicted, and for my part it is not to be changed, confidently expecting, as my own experience has proven, that we get better and more efficient service from men who are well paid and well fed. "We also suffer extra cost as a result of stupid and needless regulations in the form of tonnage measurements, etc., which should and undoubtedly will be corrected. "Much emphasis has been laid on these items and too little attention given to...
Page 275 - weight" or "measurement." The weight ton in the United States and in British countries is the English long or gross ton of 2,240 pounds. In France and other countries having the metric system a weight ton is 2,204.6 pounds. A "measurement...
Page 275 - There are five kinds of tonnage in use in the shipping business. They are dead-weight tonnage, cargo tonnage, gross, net, and displacement tonnages. 1. Dead-weight tonnage expresses the number of tons of 2,240 pounds that a vessel can transport of cargo, stores, and bunker fuel. It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces "light" and the number of tons it displaces when submerged to the "load water line.
Page 91 - The launching of 100 ships on the Fourth of July is the most inspiring news that has come to us. All ranks of the Army in France send their congratulations and heartfelt thanks to their patriotic brothers in the shipyards at home. No more defiant answer could be given to the enemy's challenge. With such backing, we can not fail to win. All hail, American shipbuilders.
Page 224 - Eliz. c. 12, which recites the immemorial usage of policies of assurance, " by means whereof it cometh to pass, upon the loss or perishing of any ship, there followeth not the undoing of any man, but the loss lighteth rather easily upon many than...
Page 276 - DISPLACEMENT of a vessel is the weight, in tons of 2,240 pounds, of the vessel and its contents. Displacement " light " is the weight of the vessel without stores, bunker fuel, or cargo. Displacement " loaded " is the weight of the vessel plus cargo, fuel, and stores.

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