A '''shipping ton''', '''freight ton''', '''measurement ton''' or '''ocean ton''' is a measure of volume used for shipments of freight in large vehicles, trains or ships. In the USA, it is equivalent to {{convert|40|ft3|m3|lk=on}} while in the UK it is {{convert|42|ft3|m3}}.<ref>{{citation |page=79 |section=1 |title=Eshbach's Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals | author=Ovid Wallace Eshbach |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=1990 |isbn=978-0471890843}}</ref><ref>{{citation |page=80 |title=Logistics Management for International Business |author=Sudalaimuthu, Raj |year=2009 |isbn=978-8120337923 }}</ref> It should not be confused with other types of [[ton]] which also measure volume. For example, the [[register ton]], which is used to measure the capacity of ships, is {{convert|100|ft3|m3}}.
==See also== * [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit]]
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[[Category:Units of volume]]