Re:The Suez Canal will be widened
by masklinn on Sunday May 16, 2021 @02:08PM
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> There are practical limits to how big a ship can be.
The limits are way beyond what's at issue here. There are lots of ships which are already too big to go through the Suez canal.
Canals tend to limit dimensions based on:
* the canal width (limits beam)
* the canal curves (limits beam and length)
* the canal depth (limits draft)
* locks (limits length)
* bridges over the canal (limits height)
"Capesize" is the general category of ships which can't go through the Suez or Panama canals[0], and must therefore go around Cape Agulhas and / or Cape Horn.
[0] although with the deepening of the Suez canal it's now possible for many capesize to go through Suez, just not Panama.
The limits are way beyond what's at issue here. There are lots of ships which are already too big to go through the Suez canal.
Canals tend to limit dimensions based on:
* the canal width (limits beam)
* the canal curves (limits beam and length)
* the canal depth (limits draft)
* locks (limits length)
* bridges over the canal (limits height)
"Capesize" is the general category of ships which can't go through the Suez or Panama canals[0], and must therefore go around Cape Agulhas and / or Cape Horn.
[0] although with the deepening of the Suez canal it's now possible for many capesize to go through Suez, just not Panama.