Long tons are a fairly standard unit of measurement for cargo in the U.S., the United Kingdom and a scarce number CommonWealth Countries, making them crucial to logistics. However, if you are operating in other regions of the world, you are unlikely to receive the weight of your cargo in long tons. This makes it crucial to have a converter that helps you make sense of such units.
That is why we put together a converter that will automatically give you the equivalent number of metric tons, kilograms, and pounds. All you have to do is input the number of long tons you wish to convert. The converter will automatically provide you with you with equivalences in all three units mentioned:
Long Tons Converter
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What Are Long Tons?
Long tons are a unit of measurement of weight. They currently form a part of the British Imperial System which has fallen out of use around the world. Although, they are still commonly used in the shipping industry to refer to large amounts of cargo, you are likely to need a long ton converter as the one we provide above.
Ton vs Long Ton
A metric ton (often referred to as a Ton) and a Long Ton are different units of the same physician property. Both are interested in measuring the weight of objects, but do so in different ways. Since they are both measures of weight, there is a simple equivalence between them, expressed bellow:
1 long ton = 1.0160 metric tons
Given that such a conversion will likely require a calculator or pen and paper, we put together the converter in this article that you easily use to find the equivalent number of units.
Why are Long Tons Important to Logistics?
Long tons are most often used in the world of logistics to refer to the total weight of cargo being transported—be it imports or exports. This practice is most common in ports where the Imperial System is still in use (namely, US and some UK ports). Their main use comes from their ability to measure large units of weight. Whereas, using pounds or kilograms would result in total cargoes of millions of billions of units, long tons allow logistics operators to use far smaller numbers.