weight of the overload
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
“weight of the overload” means the amount obtained by multiplying the number of inches that the vessel is submerged below the applicable assigned freeboard by the tons-an-inch immersion factor for the vessel at the assigned minimum safe freeboard.
Source
- 1994–present46 U.S.C. § 5101Shipping · Definitions · in this chapter