Malaccamax

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Malaccamax is defined by the Strait of Malacca, Malaccamax tankers can carry oil from the Persian Gulf to China.
General characteristics
Tonnage300,000 DWT
Length333 m (1,093 ft)
Beam60 m (197 ft)
Draft20.5 m (67 ft)

Malaccamax is a

DWT.[2]

Similar terms

tankers are those with a deadweight tonnage of 80,000 to 120,000.

Problems

Comparison of Malaccamax with other ship sizes

Some

Java and Sumatra would become too shallow for large ships. Other routes would therefore be required:[3]

Artificially excavated new routes might also be a possibility:

  • deepening the Strait of Malacca, specifically at its minimum depth in the Singapore Strait,
  • the proposed
    Kra Canal
    , which however would take much more excavation.

See also

References

  1. NKK Corporation. September 2002. Archived from the original
    on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
  2. ^ Fukai, Takashi; Kuma, Yasumitsu; Tabira, Makoto. "Development of Malaccamax Very Large Crude-oil Carriers" (PDF). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  3. ^ Pleistocene Sea Level Maps: Southeast Asia and Sundaland
  4. ^ "Deep topographic barriers within the Indonesian seas" (PDF).
  5. .

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