Terminology record for tonnage
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| Record No.: | 103/en/187 |
| Author: | ELAD D. F. |
| Creation date: | |
| Last updated: | 2022-11-18 00:00:00 |
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| TERM | * Tonnage status: recommended
* jauge (noun) status: accepted * gross tons (noun) status: accepted * gross tonnage (noun) status: accepted * gross registered tons (noun) status: accepted * gross registered tonne (noun) status: accepted | ||||||
| PART OF SPEECH | noun | ||||||
| PLURAL | Tonnages ; | ||||||
| DEFINITION |
the amount of cargo that a ship can carry, expressed in tonnes. | ||||||
| DEFINITION SOURCE | Fishterm | ||||||
| USAGE EXAMPLE | « No fishing vessel whose tonnage exceeds 250 gross registered tons may fish in Cameroon's territorial waters. » ( Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations, PART V, Chapter III, article 129, paragraph 1) | ||||||
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Tonnage is a measure of the cargo-carrying 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.
Gross register tonnage was defined by the Moorsom Commission in 1854. Gross and net register tonnages were replaced by gross tonnage and net tonnage, respectively, when the International Maritime
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. Legal instruments related to: Tonnage |
Continent: Africa
Country: Cameroon 🇨🇲1. Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations in Cameroon, Part 5, Chapter 3, Section 129, Sub-section 1: 🇨🇲
No fishing vessel whose tonnage exceeds 250 gross registered tons may fish in Cameroon's territorial waters. 📑Read more
Other terms mentioned in this provision: Fish || Fish || Fishing || Fishing vessel || Territorial water || Water ||
