Capesize
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Capesize ships are the largest dry cargo ships with ball mark dimension: about 170,000 DWT capacity, 290 m long, 45 m beam, 18 m draught. They are too large to transit the Suez Canal or Panama Canal,
MV Berge Athene, a capesize bulk carrier of 225,200 DWT, built in 1979
After deepening of the Suez Canal, a formerly capesize bulk carrier approaches the Suez Canal Bridge.
Capesize bulk carrier Cape Elise of 174,124 DWT at Inchgreen quay, Greenock, Scotland, for repairs in March 2014 after being struck by a massive wave. At 289 metres long, it was the largest ship to dock at Greenock in 20 years.
Cape Agulhas
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Cape Agulhas is a rocky headland in Western Cape, South Africa. It is both the southernmost point of South Africa, the geographic southern tip of Africa and the beginning of the traditional dividing l
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…under water depth). They are too large to transit the Suez Canal (Suezmax limits) or Panama Canal (Neopanamax limits), and so have to pass either Cape Agulhas or Cape Horn to traverse between oceans. When the Suez Canal was deepened in 2009, it became possible for some capesize ships to transit the canal and…
A marker at Cape Agulhas indicates the official dividing line between the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
Panorama from the lighthouse around the cape
The lighthouse at Cape Agulhas has guided many ships around the cape over the years.