Ukuran Kapal Cargo

Kapal Kargo/Kapal Barang/Cargo ship dikategorikan secara dengan berbagai cara,
dengan kapasitasnya, dengan beratnya, dengan dimensinya juga sering dikategorikan
berdasarkan kanal/terusan dimana kapal berlayar.
· Small Handy size, carriers of 20,000 long tons of deadweight (DWT)28,000 DWT
· Handy size, carriers of 28,00040,000 DWT
· Handymax, carriers of 40,00050,000 DWT
· Seawaymax, the largest size which can traverse the St Lawrence Seaway
· Aframax, oil tankers between 75,000 and 115,000 DWT. This is the largest size defined by the average freight rate assessment (AFRA) scheme.
· Suezmax, the largest size which can traverse the Suez Canal
· Panamax, the largest size which can traverse the Panama Canal (generally: vessels with a width smaller than 32.2 m)
· Malaccamax, the largest size which can traverse the Straits of Malacca
· Capesize, vessels larger than Panamax and Suezmax, which must traverse the
Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn in order to travel between oceans
· VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier), supertankers between 150,000 and 320,000 DWT.
· ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier), enormous supertankers between 320,000 and 550,000 DWT.

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