tonnage

Preposition: of

• ton: She is the longest, broadest, and tallest passenger vessel ever launched, with an unprecedented gross tonnage of 150,000 tons.
• packaging: Each PRN establishes that a particular tonnage of packaging has been recycled.
• waste: They are also trying to get Shanks to scale down the tonnage of waste.
• bomb: They have seen the greatest tonnage of British bombs dropped upon Germany.
• vessel: The expense of the lights is defrayed by a small tax on the tonnage of the vessels which enter the Tay.
• ship: The average monthly tonnage of Allied ships sunk approached half a million, despite some success with the convoy system.

Converse of object

• recycle: Total tonnage recycled rose by 3.5 per cent to 587,000 tons, an increase of just over 20,000 tons from 2000.
• calculate: Work out the width of your car, its tonnage and then calculate the equivalent tonnage in the cornish ' hedge ' .
• collect: Alternatively, we could have built a paper mill to recycle our collected tonnage with that amount of money.
• handle: The total tonnage handled over the quayside rose by 4 % to almost 40m tons.

Adjective modifier

• gross: She is 49 meters in length with a gross tonnage of 561.
• total: In total cargo tonnage was down 7.6 % on last year.
• registered: The registered tonnage of Britain's ships was greater than the rest of the world's merchant fleets combined.
• substantial: By doing this a substantial tonnage of material will be diverted from landfill.
• increased: For example, the project now collects increased tonnage from kerbside collections, which brings challenges in terms of storage, transport to markets.
• actual: In the circumstances, it is not surprising that there is an apparent discrepancy between theoretical and actual tonnages of SBO products.

Modifies a noun

• tax: The centerpiece of these measures was the UK tonnage tax.

Noun used with modifier

• freight: In particular no assessment has been made of the scheme's impact on rail freight tonnage.
• cargo: In total cargo tonnage was down 7.6 % on last year.
• recycling: The recycling tonnage now being collected is averaging 890 tons per month compared to the record high last year of 250 tons.