a term used to describe a ship, usually a dry or wet bulker, that is too large to transit the canals and as a consequence must travel via the 'capes', ie Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn.

These are cargo vessel size categories. Capesize refers to dry bulk carriers that are too big to pass through the Suez or Panama canals. Consequently they have to go round the southern tip of Africa ( [..]

Refers to a rather ill- defined standard which has the common characteristic of being incapable of using the Panama or Suez canals, not necessarily because of their tonnage, but because of their size. These ships serve deepwater terminals handling raw materials, such as iron ore and coal. As a result, "Capesiz [..]

A term applied to large cargo vessels that cannot transit either the Panama or Suez Canals. They are usually of the order of 120 000–180 000 DWT.

Dry cargo bulk carrier vessel usually of greater deadweight capacity than 120,000 dwt or larger; typical size around 180,000 dwt. Named so since such a vessel is usually too large for the Suez Canal a [..]

 Dry cargo bulk carrier vessel usually of greater deadweight capacity than 120,000 dwt or larger; typical size around 180,000 dwt. Named so since such a vessel is usually too large for the Suez Canal [..]

A parameter used to determine popular bulk carrier sizes and that governs the design of very large ships built to serve deepwater terminals handling raw materials, such as iron ore, particularly from [..]

Bulk ship size range defined by Clarksons as 100,000 dwt or larger.

Bulk carrier typically larger than 80,000 deadweight tonnes (dwt) used to transport coal, ore, or other commodity raw materials.

Dry bulk carrier with a capacity of more than 100,000 dwt (usually 130,000 to 200,000 dwt) which, due to its size, must transit the Atlantic to the Pacific via Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope when loaded. Such large vessels are typically employed for long voyages in the coal and iron ore trades

Capesize ships are the largest dry cargo ships. They are too large to transit the Suez Canal (Suezmax limits) or Panama Canal (Neopanamax limits), and so have to pass either the Cape Agulhas or Cape H [..]