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| 20 metric tons of explosives seized |
| 2016-01-08 |
| KARACHI: The customs intelligence claimed on Thursday to have seized a container imported from China, carrying more than 20,000 kilograms of explosives. In a statement, the department’s spokesman said that customs officials on a tip-off examined one of the containers at the godown of Karachi port and found it carrying explosives. “The total weight of explosive stands at 22,000 kilograms,” said a statement issued by the directorate customs and investigation (enforcement). “The container is part of the consignment which was imported a few months ago from China and then two containers were seized in Peshawar. After seizure of those containers, the importer left the third one abandoned at the port and did not attempt to clear the consignment,” it said. Published in Dawn, January 8th, 2016 |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 Leave it to metricland to figure a way to add an E to the end of ton. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-01-08 20:08 |
| #3 From here: The British ton is the long ton, which is 2240 pounds, and the U.S. ton is the short ton which is 2000 pounds. Both tons are actually defined in the same way. 1 ton is equal to 20 hundredweight. It is just the definition of the hundredweight that differs between countries. In the U.S. there are 100 pounds in the hundredweight, and in Britain there are 112 pounds in the hundredweight. This causes the actual weight of the ton to differ between countries. To distinguish between the two tons, the smaller U.S. ton is called short, while the larger British ton is called long. There is also an third type of ton called the metric ton, equal to 1000 kilograms, or approximately 2204 pounds. The metric ton is officially called tonne. The SI standard calls it tonne, but the U.S. Government recommends calling it metric ton. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-01-08 13:50 |
| #2 If you're going to call it "metric-tons" then it's 10,000 kilograms. If you're going on the basis of a ton being 2000 lbs and the entire load is equal to 44.000 lbs, then it's no longer metric, but imperial measurement, in which case the proper term is "tons". You can either use metric or imperial (including US measures) terms. There is officially no such thing as "metric tons". It's one or the other, not both. |
| Posted by: Seeking a cure for ignorance 2016-01-08 12:43 |
| #1 For peaceful Islamic purposes, I assume. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-01-08 00:40 |