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, 470 m long, 60 m wide, 20 m of draft. The restriction is caused by the shallow point on the Strait, where minimum depth is 25 m.
A post malaccamax ship would need to circumnavigate Australia, use the Lombok Strait, or use the proposed yet-unbuilt Kra Canal. No such ship is currently in service.
[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
[edit] See also
- Sunda Strait (20m maximum depth)
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