Malaccamax
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Malaccamax is a naval architecture term for the largest ships capable of fitting through the Straits of Malacca. A Malaccamax ship is defined to be, with 18,000 TEUs, of 300,000 DWT, 470m long, 60m wide, 20m of draft. The restriction is caused by the shallow point on the Strait, where minimum depth is 25 metres.
A post malaccamax ship would need to circumnavigate Australia, use the Lombok Strait, or use the proposed yet-unbuilt Kra Canal.
[edit] References
- Scottish Executive: Container Transhipment and Demand for Container Terminal Capacity in Scotland
- CONTAINERSHIP LOSSES DUE TO HEAD-SEA PARAMETRIC ROLLING (PDF file)
- NKK Corporation: Malacca-max Oil Tanker Delivered
- The future of ports and vessels The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
[edit] External links
- Maritime Dictionary definiton of Malaccamax
