Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• Almost 30 firefighters tackled a blaze involving 2,000 tonnes of rubbish at a recycling centre in .... I use Ton is singular and Tonnes is plural. both equal 1000kg.
• The Vogel Property has been explored by several companies in the past and contains an historic measured and indicated resource estimate of 642,000 tonnes ...
• Derived units[edit]. For multiples of the tonne, it is more usual to speak of thousands or millions of tonnes. Kilotonne, megatonne, and gigatonne are more usually ...
• Metric Tons (or Tonnes) to Tonnes. Bookmark Page Add ... Tonnes. This is the spelling of a metric ton. Please select the appropriate page. Metric Conversion ...

• ... for warships by the Washington Naval Treaty 1922—for example battleships were limited to a displacement of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t; 39,000 short tons).
• There are, however, some US applications where unspecified tons normally means long tons (for example, Navy ships) or metric tons (world grain production  ...
• a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in ...
• Where accuracy is required the correct term must be used, but for many purposes this is not necessary: the metric and long tons differ by only 1.6%, and the short ...