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To be clear, 200,000 tons is the weight of the cargo+fuel this ship carries, not counting the structure of the ship itself. I haven't found a good number for the displacement (the total weight, including the ship), and would be curious to know what it is.

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Wikipedia says the Triple-E class container ships have an empty displacement of 55Kt. Assuming the Golden class is similar, with a summer deadweight of 200Kt, it seems a loaded displacement of 250Kt is possible.

I read in a random news story that the Ever Given's displacement on this voyage is about 220Kt.

Note that the units are long tons, which means that ship weighs close to 250,000 american tons, or five hundred million pounds.

I feel like it’s generally more helpful to stick with SI units if you’re already there :)

I agree, and I think these weights are in fact now reported as metric tons, not imperial long tons. The difference is insignificant for purposes of casual conversation.

Thank you, that is exactly the sort of info I was looking for!

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