Class of dry cargo ships too large to transit the Panama or Suez Canals
Not to be confused with Capsizing.
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MV Berge Athene, a capesize bulk carrier of 225,200 DWT, built in 1979
Capesize ships are the largest dry cargo ships with ball mark dimension:[i] about 170,000 DWT (deadweight tonnage) capacity, 290 m long, 45 m beam (wide), 18m draught (under water depth).[1] They are too large to transit the Suez Canal (Suezmax limits) or Panama Canal (Neopanamax limits),[2] and so have to pass either Cape Agulhas or Cape Horn to traverse between oceans.
When the Suez Canal was deepened in 2009, it became possible for some capesize ships to transit the canal and so change categories.
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Capesize ships are the largest dry cargo ships with ball mark dimension: about 170,000 DWT (deadweight tonnage) capacity, 290 m long, 45 m beam (wide)...
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refers to vessels able to use a number of harbours while fully laden. "Capesize" refers to bulk carriers too big to pass through the Suez Canal—and needing...
Rijeka at its northernmost point to have a sea port that can accommodate Capesize ships. The bay is also home to many beaches and tourist locations because...
daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange. The BDI is a composite of the Capesize, Panamax and Supramax timecharter averages. It is reported around the world...
floating charter (T/C), or Bareboat charters (B/B). Of those 165 were Capesize, 206 Panamax, 178 Supramax, 111 Handysize and 56 used for transhipment...
The maximum ship size for the Suez Canal are referred to as Suezmax. Capesize ships are those too large for the Suez Canal, which need to use the Cape...
carried in different holds. Larger capacities for dry bulk include Panamax, Capesize and Very Large Ore Carriers and Chinamax. A handymax ship is typically...
with a deadweight tonnage of 80,000 to 120,000. Some Chinamax and most Capesize and very large crude carriers cannot pass this strait. Ships such as Suezmax...
of longest ships Lists of ships Lists of shipwrecks Ship sizes Aframax Capesize Chinamax Handymax Handysize Maersk Triple E class Malaccamax Panamax Q-Max...
and the gateway to the Great Lakes, capable of accommodating Panamax and Capesize vessels with 50 feet of water at low tide Chandler — large deepwater wharf...
against. For Capesize freight futures contracts, the weighted average of 5 different routes globally is used to derive the daily 5TC Capesize index; for...
Taiwan. In 2022, Foremost ordered two additional "eco-friendly" 185,000-dwt capesize bulk carriers from Japan’s Namura Shipbuilding capable of carrying multiple...
Indices, commonly called the BDI. This is a derived function of the Baltic Capesize index (BCI), Baltic Panamax index (BPI), Baltic Supramax index (BSI) and...
total capacity of approximately 12,000 TEU and is comparable in size to a capesize bulk carrier or a Suezmax tanker. Container ships under 3,000 TEU are generally...
voyage routes: Baltic Dry Index (BDI) Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) Baltic Supramax Index (BSI) Baltic Handysize Index (BHSI) Baltic...
formally opened on 6 August 2015 by President Al-Sisi. Post-deepening, a capesize bulk carrier approaches the Friendship Bridge Northbound convoy waits in...
and the construction of a deepwater jetty in Saldanha Bay to accommodate Capesize ore carrier ships. Outer bay with surf pounding the shore View of the inner...
(1,201 ft) length, 55 m (180 ft) beam, 18 m (59 ft) draft, 120,000 DWT Capesize, vessels larger than Suezmax and Neopanamax, and must traverse Cape Agulhas...
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portal Transport portal Cargo ship sizes: Handymax, Panamax, Suezmax, Capesize List of Panamax ports "Vessel Requirements" (PDF). Panama Canal Authority...
It has a capacity of 7 MMT cargo. It can handle coal cargo, Panamax and capesize vessels. Its main feature is a mechanized material handling system of conveyor...
in East Flanders. It is a seaport in the heart of Europe accessible to capesize ships. It is Europe's second-largest seaport, after that of Rotterdam....
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