States that motorships have rendered term "deadweight" obsolete and that "net cargo capacity" should be used to express vessel's earning power. Comparison of motorship and steamer, demonstrating larger net cargo capacity of former.


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    Title :

    Earning capacity of cargo ships


    Additional title:

    Motorship


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Motorship ; 8 , n 3


    Publication date :

    1923


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    7 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Useful or earning capacity of ships

    Lucas, Theodore | Engineering Index Backfile | 1901


    The earning power of ships

    Alt, Otto. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1908


    Cargo ships

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1933


    Ship's cargo, cargo ships

    Kummerman, Henri ;Jacquinet, Robert | TIBKAT | 1979


    Cargo ships

    Ayre, W. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1939