Shipping ton

Shipping ton , the freight or shipping ton , was a British and American measure of volume. It was used for freight transport in vehicles, trains or ships with large cargo holds.

In Great Britain:

• 1 shipping ton = 42 cubic feet = 1.189314 cubic meters

and in conclusion

• 1 cubic meter = 0.840821 shipping ton

In the USA corresponded

• 1 shipping ton = 40 cubic feet

respectively

• 1 cubic meter = 0.882861 shipping ton

literature

• Wilhelm Gumz: Short manual of fuel and combustion technology. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-52786-9 , p. 549.