What is Ultramax vessel?

Ultramax bulk carriers are medium-sized vessels. Larger than Supramax vessels, they have a carrying capacity generally between 60,000 to 65,000 DWT. These vessels are considered an upgrade over the smaller Supramax carriers. Panamax vessels are medium-sized vessels with a carrying capacity of 65,000 and 80,000 DWT.

What is a Newcastlemax vessel?

Newcastlemax Bulker This size of bulkers referred to the largest vessels which can enter Port of Newcastle, Australia. This size of vessels has a maximum Beam of 50m and length of 300m.

What is Handymax vessel?

Handymax and Supramax are naval architecture terms for the larger bulk carriers in the Handysize class. A handymax ship is typically 150–200 m (492–656 ft) in length, though certain bulk terminal restrictions, such as those in Japan, mean that many handymax ships are just under 190 meters (623 ft) in overall length.

What is a Capesize vessel?

The “Capesize” is the largest class of bulkship that can carry any type of cargo, such as iron ore and coal in main. They are called “Capesize” ships as they cannot pass through the Panama Canal and have to go around the Cape of Good Hope to sail between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

What is a Suezmax vessel?

“Suezmax” is a naval architecture term for the largest ship measurements capable of transiting the Suez Canal in a laden condition, and is almost exclusively used in reference to tankers. The limiting factors are beam, draft, height (because of the Suez Canal Bridge), and length (even though the canal has no locks).

What is cofferdam on a ship?

What is Cofferdam on Ship? It can be said that the cofferdam is a void or an empty compartment, which is provided between the tanks to prevent two different liquids from mixing with each other. This empty space avoids intermixing of two different fluid when there is a leak from the boundary separating the two liquids.

How big is a Newcastlemax?

Large Capesizes with a maximum beam of 47 meters are called Newcastlemax and they are the largest vessels which can enter the Newcastle port of Australia. Ultra Large Ore Carriers: These are bulkers which are larger than capesizes and they are mainly used to load iron ore.

Is Handymax and Supramax the same?

The term Supramax and Handymax are often used in close relation, but both have key differences. The Handymax class constitutes vessels of tonnage 35,000 to 50,000 DWT, while the Supramax class ranges from 50,000 to 60,000 DWT.

What are dry bulk vessels?

A dry bulk carrier is a vessel designed to carry dry cargoes in bulk. Cargoes such as grains, minerals, iron ore, coal, bauxite, alumina, phosrock etc, but also general cargo such as bagged cargoes, forest products and steel products.

Why is it called Suezmax?

Moving from a famous canal to another one, Suezmax vessels were named by the Suez Canal. They are medium to large-sized ships, featuring a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of around 120,000 and 200,000.

Which is larger a Supramax or Ultramax cargo ship?

How big is an Ultramax ship in DWT?

“Handymax” refers to geared ships of 45,000-64,000 dwt with an LOA not exceeding 200mtrs. Prior to making a significant investment in a new Ultramax, one really needs to analyze the Ultramax design from the perspective of international trade as well as intra-Asian trading and shipping … the business for which they were mainly designed.

How many DWT does an Ultramax Panamax have?

The Ultramax designs mean that a similar change is now required again. From this week, Clarkson Research will define Handymaxes as 40-65,000 dwt, and Panamaxes as 65,000+ dwt: with one important exception.

Where are eco Ultramax dry bulk carriers built?

We built our Eco Ultramax vessels at 4 yards in Japan and China. They feature economical engines and fuel saving devices like the Mewis duct and rudder bulb. All vessels are fitted with 4 x 30/35 tons cranes and grabs, A-60 bulkheads, Co2 in holds and increased tanktop strength.