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i assume this is a panamax ship? is the suez canal wider than the panama canal?
by brianbreslin 12y ago
i assume this is a panamax ship? is the suez canal wider than the panama canal?
- azernik 12y agoThis ship is larger than Panamax [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk_Triple_E_class http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk_Triple_E_class]. The biggest limitation on Panamax size is whether a ship can fit into the Canal's locks, but the Suez canal is a sea-level waterway with no locks, so the limit is a lot higher.
- Sanddancer 12y agoThe Mary Maersk is much wider than Panamax, at almost 200 feet wide. This ship seems designed to just barely squeak through the much wider Suez.
- Someone 12y agohttp://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk_Triple_E_class http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk_Triple_E_class claims the ship is too deep for the Panama Canal.
- bkor 12y agoLoads and loads of vessels are too big for current Panamax locks/canal (max size around 5.100 TEU). One of the vessel classes is post-panamax and there are various classes above that :-P. Panamax canal is now being expanded, but it'll only fit about 14.500 TEU vessels. The previous largest vessels Maersk has (E-class instead of triple-E class) also don't fit to the _new_ Panamax. That new Panamax is still underway. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_ships#Size_categories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_ships#Size_categories