Abbreviation: DWT The total weight of cargo, cargo equipment, bunkers, provisions, water, stores and spare parts which a vessel can lift when loaded to her maximum draught as applicable under the circumstances The deadweight is expressed in tons
This relates to the effects or impacts of a Structural Fund intervention which would have been realised even if the intervention had not taken place For example, in a scheme to give grants to SMEs to attend international trade exhibitions, a proportion of the beneficiaries would have attended the exhibitions even if the grant was not available For this proportion of the SMEs assisted, the availability of the grant was fortuitous, but not essential
A common measure of ship carrying capacity The number of tons (2240 lbs ) of cargo, stores and bunkers that a vessel can transport 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 'deep load line' " A vessel's cargo capacity is less than its total deadweight tonnage The difference in weight between a vessel when it is fully loaded and when it is empty (in general transportation terms, the net) measured by the water it displaces This is the most common, and useful, measurement for shipping as it measures cargo capacity
The total weight of cargo, fuel, stores and water which a ship can carry when at her designed draft The term is frequently used as descriptive of the vessel's size It must not be confused with the volume or cubic capacity of stowage space See also "Useful Load " Deadweight is usually expressed in long tons