Capesize

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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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