Shipping ton

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}}.{{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}}{{citation |page=80 |title=Logistics Management for International Business |author=Sudalaimuthu, Raj |year=2009 |isbn=978-8120337923 }} 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}}.