Capesize

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Capesize bulk carrier Mountains Athena

The term Capesize stands for cargo ships that are too big to pass the Suez Canal and thus the Panama Canal , which is even more narrow because of its locks , and which therefore sail around Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope on their way from one ocean to the other have to.

Regardless of the current limitations of the two major shipping lanes, only bulk carriers with the greatest load capacity and super tankers of the VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) and ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier) classes now fall into the Capesize category . Since the expansion of the Suez Canal in 2009, ships of these classes have also been able to pass through the Canal, provided their draft is less than 20.1 m.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vessel size groups . On: people.hofstra.edu
  2. ↑ Capesize . On: maritime-connector.com
  3. ↑ Modern ship size definitions ( Memento of February 4, 2012 on WebCite ). Lloyd's Register , as of July 11, 2012 (PDF; 274 kB).