Malaccamax - Wikipedia
Malaccamax is a naval architecture term for the largest tonnage of ship capable of fitting through the 25-metre-deep (82 ft) Strait of Malacca. Bulk carriers and supertankers have been built to this tonnage, and the term is chosen for very large crude carriers (VLCC).
What are Malaccamax Vessels? - Marine Insight
2012年11月3日 · A Malaccamax vessel is custom-built to allow easy passage through the channel of the Strait of Malacca, an important navigable channel situated between the South-east Asian countries of Indonesia and Malaysia.
The containership – how big: What are the prospects for MalaccaMax?
2011年2月3日 · The only design left on the drawing board for bigger ships is the MalaccaMax of 18,000 TEU, sponsored by the professor-student team of Prof. Nico Wijnolst and student Marco Scholtens at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands (Figure 2).
Malaccamax - Wikiwand
Malaccamax is a naval architecture term for the largest tonnage of ship capable of fitting through the 25-metre-deep (82 ft) Strait of Malacca. Bulk carriers and supertankers have been built to this tonnage, and the term is chosen for very large crude carriers (VLCC).
The rise of the mega-boxship, but will bigger remain best?
2015年5月12日 · The Malaccamax containership had long been the stuff theoretical conference presentations, but when Maersk Line announced it was ordering a series of twenty 18,000 teu containerships in February...
Strait of Malacca - Wikipedia
The maximum size of a vessel that can pass through the Strait is referred to as the Malaccamax. The next closest passageway to the east, the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java, is even shallower and narrower, meaning that ships exceeding the Malaccamax must detour a few thousand nautical miles and use the Lombok Strait , Makassar Strait ...
China's Maritime Security and the “Malacca Dilemma”
2008年4月24日 · This weight limit is also known as “Malaccamax,” namely the maximum hull size and configuration capable of traversing the Straits fully loaded. This is commonly defined as a ship with a length of 470m, a “beam” (width at widest point) of 60 metres and a capacity of about 18,000 TEU (20-foot equivalent units, a shipping container ...
Specifications for Very Large Post-Panamax Containerships
The threshold for containerized maritime shipping has restricted the capacity of three of the world’s major bottlenecks: the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, and the strait of Malacca. The Emma Maersk class, introduced in 2006, is essentially a Suez-max ship.
How much bigger can container ships get? - BBC News
2013年2月19日 · The "Malaccamax" would carry 30,000 containers. The current crop of ultra-large container vessels can navigate the Suez - just - but they are only able to dock at a handful of the world's...
The Strait of Malacca Shipping Route - Ship4wd
2024年6月14日 · In terms of maritime traffic, it is important to be aware that the shallow depth of the strait limits the maximum size of vessels that can pass through it, a limitation known as the “Malaccamax.” This term refers to the naval architecture of ships capable of passing in the shallow 25-meter-deep strait.