Sizes of cargo ships

cargo ships are categorized partly by capacity, partly by weight, and partly by ambit (often with advertence to the assorted canals and aqueduct locks they fit through). Common categories include:

Dry Cargo

Small Handy size, carriers of 20,000 continued bags accountability (DWT)-28,000 DWT

Handy size, carriers of 28,000-40,000 DWT

Seawaymax, the better admeasurement that can bisect the St Lawrence Seaway

Handymax, carriers of 40,000-50,000 DWT

Panamax, the better admeasurement that can bisect the Panama Aqueduct (generally: argosy with a amplitude abate than 32.2 m)

Capesize, argosy beyond than Panamax and Post-Panamax, and charge bisect the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn to biking amid oceans

Chinamax, carriers of 380,000-400,000 DWT with capital ambit bound by anchorage basement in China

Wet Cargo

Aframax, oil tankers amid 75,000 and 115,000 DWT. This is the better admeasurement authentic by the boilerplate bales amount appraisal (AFRA) scheme.

Suezmax, the better admeasurement that can bisect the Suez Canal

VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier), supertankers amid 150,000 and 320,000 DWT.

Malaccamax, the better admeasurement that can bisect the Strait of Malacca

ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier), astronomic supertankers amid 320,000 and 550,000 DWT