دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: the interior capacity of a ship or a mobile offshore drilling unit. The capacity is expressed in tons, although the actual measurement is in volume, 1 ton being equivalent to 100 cubic feet of volume. This rule holds for measuring ship capacity for US maritime purposes. All principal maritime governments have their own rules describing how tonnage is to be measured.