Baltimax

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The Danish islands and straits, which limit the Baltimax ship size
General characteristics
Tonnage100,000 DWT..205,000 DWT
Length240 m (787 ft)..400 m (1,312 ft)
Beam42 m (138 ft)..68 m (223 ft)
Height65 m (213 ft)
Draft15.4 m (51 ft)

Baltimax is a naval architecture term for the largest ship measurements capable of entering and leaving the Baltic Sea in a laden condition.

It is the

Great Belt Fixed Link
). The length can be around 240 m and the width around 42 m. This gives a weight of around 100,000 metric ton.

Nevertheless, there are also certain larger ship types plying the Baltic Sea. Particularly the so-called B-Max crude oil tanker with more than 205,000 tons deadweight (68 m width, 325 m length)

Maersk Triple E class
container ship, 400 m length and 165,000 metric tons deadweight.

The

Nord-Ostsee-Kanal
allows 9.5 m draft.

Furthermore, many ports limit ship size. The iron ore ports of Luleå (11 m,[2] to be deepened to 13 m[3]) and Kemi (10 m)[4] and the large port of Klaipėda (14.3 m to be deepened to 15.4 in the early future)[5] have less draft than Baltimax. The largest port is Primorsk which has 15 m draft, similar to Baltimax.[6] The Northern Port in Gdańsk can take the 300,000 ton 15 m draft ships.

Comparison of Baltimax with other ship sizes

See also

References

  1. ^ "Stena lines up $900m BMax order". Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  2. ^ PORT OF LULEÅ, Information for Passenger Vessels[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Sandöleden ska bli ännu djupare (Swedish)
  4. ^ "Port information Kemi" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  5. ^ Astramar Group / Klaipeda Port / Restrictions / Tankers / Klaipedos Nafta
  6. ^ Astramar Group / Primorsk Port / Restrictions / Tankers