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Displacement tonnage is a measurement used to define the size of naval ships. It represents the weight of the water a vessel displaces when it is in its normal seagoing condition. This differs from gross tonnage, which is based on a ship's enclosed volume and used for calculating dues, and deadweight tonnage, which measures a ship's total carrying capacity including cargo and supplies.1

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  2. load displacement
  3. ship - Container ships

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