The adjusted Tobit coefficient (i.e., the accident marginal vessel damage cost) of vessel size suggests that an increase in vessel size (of vessels incurring accident damage cost) by one
gross ton is expected to decrease accident vessel damage cost per
gross ton by $2.35, other factors remaining the same.
The port welcomed 986.4 million
gross tons last year.
At 151,400
gross tons, QM2 is the largest ocean liner built and could fit Britannia inside her dining room.
Sorlandet, measuring 210 feet and 577
gross tons, is the oldest operative full-rigged ship in the world and was launched in 1927 at a shipyard in Kristiansand.
Total shipping tonnage handled by the island state hit a record high of 971 million
gross tons last year, topping the previous record of 960 million tons in 2001, the regulatory authority said in a statement.
Japanese shipbuilders won export orders for ships totaling 15.05 million
gross tons in fiscal 2000, up 37.1% over the previous year and the largest amount since the first oil crisis of 1973, the Japan Ship Exporters' Association said Monday.
According to the data compiled by industry tracker Clarkson Research Institute, local shipyards garnered new orders worth a combined 10.26 million compensated
gross tons (CGTs) in the January-October period, or 45 percent of the total global orders tallied at 23.05 million CGTs.
Although there was gale warning issued at that time, the cargo vessel was cleared by the Philippine Coast Guard to sail to Tacloban City since it was over 250
gross tons.
In fact, the "Lucy" was only the first of 20 losses for Cunard, an amazing 56% of the company's pre-war tonnage or a total of 220,444
gross tons. Many Cunard crew, men and women, were also killed.
"Aida Diva" is 69,203
gross tons, and has 11 decks.
EU vessel owners will contribute by paying license fees - the cost of which will be 4,200 for purse seiners, 3,500 for long-liners bigger than 250
gross tons, and 1,680 for smaller long-liners.