An indication of the size of a bulk carrier. 100,000-200,000 dwt.
bulk carrier of over 80,000 tonnes deadweight, not able to transit the Suez Canal or Panama Canal so must round the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn.
Vessel too large to navigate the Panama or Suez Canals, and therefore must voyage around the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn. Capesize vessels range between approximately 80,000 and 175,000 dwt.
Dry bulk carrier of more than approximately 80,000 dwt; too large to pass through the Panama Canal.
Term for a dry bulk carrier of 80,000 – 200,000 dwt. The term follows from the fact that the vessel is too large to navigate the Suez Canal and therefore has to use the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa route.
a very large bulk carrier with deadweight above 150,000 tons - unable to transit Suez Canal and therefore have to sail round the Cape of Good Hope to and from Europe
Capesize ships are cargo ships too large to traverse either the Suez Canal or Panama Canal (i.e., larger than both panamax and suezmax vessels). To travel between oceans, such vessels must round the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn.
