Capesize
Capesize ships are cargo ships originally too large to transit the Suez Canal (i.e., larger than both Panamax and Suezmax vessels). To travel between oceans, such vessels used to have to pass either the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn. In effect Capesize reads as "unlimited". When the Suez was deepened, the definition of Suezmax changed. Some ships previously unable to transit the canal and deemed Capesize, changed categories.
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