What Is a Tween Deck?

Tweendeckers are general cargo ships with two or sometimes three decks. The upper deck is called the main deck or weather deck, and the next lower deck is the tweendeck. Cargo such as bales, bags, or drums can be stacked in the tweendeck space, atop the tweendeck.

What is tween deck on a ship?

Tween Deck: ''tween' is a colloquial abridging of the word 'between. ' In a ship, the tween deck actually means an empty space separating or between (tween) two other decks in the hull of a vessel. ... On such decks, there is no raised forecastle or lowered quarterdeck.

What does tween deck stand for?

noun. Definition of tween deck (Entry 2 of 2) : any deck of a ship but the upper or the lowest.