[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR30.10-20]

[Page 393]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 30_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart 30.10_Definitions
 
Sec. 30.10-20  Deadweight or DWT--TB/ALL.

    The term deadweight or DWT means the difference in metric tons 
between the lightweight displacement and the total displacement of a 
vessel measured in water of specific gravity 1.025 at the load waterline 
corresponding to the summer freeboard assigned according to 46 CFR, 
subchapter E.

[CGD 74-127, 41 FR 3843, Jan. 26, 1976]