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Car carriers go post-Panamax

Monday, October 15, 2012

The Japanese shipping company NYK said it is planning to build four new pure car truck carriers (PCTCs) that will be capable of carrying 7,000 cars. The ships, to be delivered in 2014 and 2015, will have a length of less than 200 meters, but a breadth of 35 to 36 meters and will be two to three meters wider than current PCTCs. NYK said that will make the vessels too large to transit the Panama Canal's current locks, but the waterway will be large enough once a current expansi...

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