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From: Mike W
Location: London
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Date: 09.28.06
Time: 08:47:06 PM
Marine cargoes have traditionally expressed in long tons. I suspect the "short" ton made for easier arithmetic back in less numerically-proficient days. The long ton is exactly the same at the metric ton (tonne).
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