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FrançaisCompensation for cargo agreed to be shipped but unshipped (usually because it was unavailable for loading). In liner terms dead freight can also mean compensation due to a ship line because the shipper failed to meet a pre-agreed quantity commitment…
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The maximum carrying capacity of a ship, expressed in tons, of cargo, stores, provisions and bunker fuel. Deadweight is used interchangeably with deadweight tonnage and deadweight carrying capacity. A vessel´s capacity for cargo is less than its total deadweight tonnage.
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Cargo of such weight and volume that a long ton (2.240 pound) is stowed in an area of less than 70 cubic feet.
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A term or condition in a proposed transaction upon which negotiators for both sides cannot gain agreement and that can cause the transaction to fail. Deal breakers may relate to price, payment, terms, quality issues, etc.
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