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How to measure a cruise ship’s size? #shorts

Chris Frame the Maritime Historian
Chris Frame the Maritime Historian
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👁️ 3K views📅 2 years ago⏱️ 0:32
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Creator's Key Takeaways

gross tonnage the measure that we use for cruise ships today is not a weight measurement

gross tonnage is a standard nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume

as a measurement gross tonnage has been the standard since 1969

Creator's Tips & Advice

Understand that gross tonnage measures internal volume, not weight
Use gross tonnage as the standard for comparing cruise ship sizes

Questions This Creator Answers

QHow is a cruise ship's size measured?
QWhat does gross tonnage actually represent?

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