Last Time's Question:
What Does
Gross Registered Tonnage refer to:
Answer: #4.
GRT is a calculation of the enclosed volume of a ship.
Here's how it
is calculated: Gross Register Tonnage (GRT) represents the
total internal volume of a vessel (with some exemptions for
non-productive spaces such as crew quarters). 1 gross register ton
is equal to a volume of 100 cubic feet. GRT was replaced by
gross tonnage in 1994 under the Tonnage Measurement convention of
1969, but is still a widely used term in the industry.
The
"tonnage" of a ship has absolutely nothing to do with
how much the ship weighs. You will occasionally hear someone
on TV trying to impress you with their knowledge tell you how much
some ship weighs, and then they'll compare that to so many airplanes,
or so many elephants, etc. What they are really showing is
that they are good at reading scripts but not so hot at doing any research.
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