Malaccamax
Malaccamax is defined by the Strait of Malacca, Malaccamax tankers can carry oil from the Persian Gulf to China. | |
General characteristics | |
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Tonnage | 300,000 DWT |
Length | 333 m (1,093 ft) |
Beam | 60 m (197 ft) |
Draft | 20.5 m (67 ft) |
Malaccamax is a
DWT.[2]
Similar terms
Saint Lawrence Seaway, respectively. Aframax
tankers are those with a deadweight tonnage of 80,000 to 120,000.
Problems
Some
Java and Sumatra would become too shallow for large ships. Other routes would therefore be required:[3]
- Lombok Strait (250 m (820 ft)), Dewakang Sill (680 m (2,230 ft)[4]), Makassar Strait, then either east past Mindanao to the Philippine Sea or north through Sibutu Passage and Mindoro Strait
- Sula Islands and Obi Islands, and Molucca Sea
- around Australia
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
- Maersk Triple E Class
- CMA CGM Marco Polo
- Cargo ship sizes Handymax, Panamax, Suezmax, Capesize
References
- NKK Corporation. September 2002. Archived from the originalon 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
- ^ Fukai, Takashi; Kuma, Yasumitsu; Tabira, Makoto. "Development of Malaccamax Very Large Crude-oil Carriers" (PDF). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ Pleistocene Sea Level Maps: Southeast Asia and Sundaland
- ^ "Deep topographic barriers within the Indonesian seas" (PDF).
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External links
- Ship sizes Archived 2021-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Malaccamax Archived 2021-04-29 at the Wayback Machine