What is the difference between Post-Panamax and Panamax?

What is the difference between Post-Panamax and Panamax?

Post-Panamax or over-Panamax denote ships larger than Panamax that do not fit in the original canal locks, such as supertankers and the largest modern container and passenger ships.

What are Post-Panamax vessels?

Post-Panamax was the term given to ships that did not meet the dimension criteria for Panamax vessels, but this all changed with the opening of the new lane in 2016. There are now many container and passenger ships and supertankers that can travel through the expanded locks.

What is a Post-Panamax crane?

A “post-Panamax” crane can load and unload containers from a container ship too large (too wide) to pass through the Panama Canal (normally about 18 containers wide).

What is Panamax size?

Panamax. The maximum size that can transit the Panama Canal, these tankers range in length between 200 and 250 metres (650 and 820 feet) and have capacities of 50,000 to 80,000 dwt. They carry 350,000 to 500,000 barrels.

What is Post Suezmax?

Today, this ship size would be classified as a post-Suezmax ship, as the cross-section of the ship is too big for the present Suez Canal. It is claimed that the transportation cost per container for such a big ship may be about 30% lower than that of a typical 5,000-6,000 teu container vessel of today.

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 Ro Ro cargo ship?

RoRo is short for ‘Roll-on, Roll-off’, which describes how products are loaded and discharged from a vessel. RoRo allows your products to roll on and off the vessel, as opposed to being lifted onboard using cranes. Self-propelled products, such as cars and tractors, roll on and off the vessel on their own wheels.

What is a dockside crane?

Dockside Cranes from XCMG are designed for fast handling of containers, semi-trailers and loose goods such as round timber. This makes them a versatile handling solution for any kind of terminal. In terms of harbour management, flexibility is as important as specialisation.

Why is Panamax called Panamax?

As the name suggests, Panamax vessel is the largest size of the vessel that can transit the Panama Canal. A ship of these dimensions would typically have deadweight between 65000 to 80000 T. Now with the expansion of the Panama Canal, there is new term for size of the ship, which is called “new Panamax”.

Do supertankers use the Suez Canal?

Suez Spawns Supertankers . Suez Canal as a vital shipping lane. Some of the larger ships run about 1,100 feet long. Europe, whose oil needs have tripled since 1956 imports nearly all of the oil it uses, and more than 50 per cent of these imports come from the Middle East.

Can VLCC pass through Suez Canal?

Very large crude carriers (VLCCs), tankers that carry 2 million barrels of oil, cannot transit the canal fully laden.

Is Handymax and Supramax the same?

Handymax and Supramax are naval architecture terms for the larger bulk carriers in the Handysize class. Handysize class consists of Supramax (50,000 to 60,000 DWT), Handymax (40,000 to 50,000 DWT), and Handy (<40,000 DWT). The cost of building a handymax is driven by the laws of supply and demand.

What’s the difference between Panamax and post Panamax ships?

Post-Panamax was the term given to ships that did not meet the dimension criteria for Panamax vessels, but this all changed with the opening of the new lane in 2016. There are now many container and passenger ships and supertankers that can travel through the expanded locks. These ships are called Neopanamax or New Panamax.

When did the Panamax specification come into effect?

Panamax specifications have been in effect since the opening of the canal in 1914. In 2009 the ACP published the New Panamax specification which came into effect when the canal’s third set of locks, larger than the original two, opened on 26 June 2016. Ships that do not fall within the Panamax-sizes are called post-Panamax or super-Panamax.

When is the restriction published on the Panamax?

Such a restriction is published three weeks in advance, so ship loading plans can take appropriate measures.

How big is a post Panamax container crane?

Cranes capable of lifting six 20-foot containers have also been designed. Post-Panamax cranes weigh approximately 800–900 tonnes, while the newer-generation super-post-Panamax cranes can weigh 1,600–2,000 tonnes. The largest Super-post-Panamax cranes have an outreach of 26 container rows.