‘light displacement tonnes (LDT)’ means the weight of a ship in tonnes without cargo, fuel, lubricating oil in storage tanks, ballast water, fresh water, feedwater, consumable stores, passengers and crew and their effects and it is the sum of the weight of the hull, structure, machinery, equipment and fittings of the ship.
ciallaíonn “tonnaí toillíochta éadroime (LDT)” meáchan loinge i dtonnaí gan lastas, gan bhreosla, gan ola bhealaithe in umair stórála, gan uisce ballasta, gan fhionnuisce, gan uisce fotha, gan tomhaltáin, gan phaisinéirí, gan chriú ná a mhaoin phearsanta agus is éard atá i gceist leis suim mheáchan chabhlach, struchtúr, innealra, threalamh agus fheisteas na loinge.