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What's the difference between Panama and the Cape of Good Hope?

Panama type refers to the largest ship type that can pass through the Panama Canal. The dimensions of the Panama Canal lock are: 33.53 meters wide, 320.0 meters long and 25.9 meters deep. The maximum size of Panamanian ships that can pass through the Panama Canal is: \x0d\ length: 294. 1m width: 32.3m draft: 12.0m (this data is that in tropical fresh water, salinity and temperature will change the water density, thus affecting the draft of the ship) height: 57.91. \x0d\ CAPESIZESHIP, a kind of dry bulk carrier, is also called Cape Ship. \x0d\ Cape of Good Hope \ refers to a ship that can pass through the Cape of Good Hope in Africa or Cape Horn in South America in the worst weather during ocean voyage, with a load of about 6,543,800 tons. At present, the world's largest Cape of Good Hope ship has a load of about 300,000 tons, and China Waigaoqiao Shipyard can build 300,000 tons of Cape of Good Hope ships. \x0d\ This type of ship mainly transports iron ore. Due to the scale limitation, it cannot pass through Panama Canal and Suez Canal, so it needs to bypass the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn, so it is called the Cape of Good Hope ship. Taiwan Province Province calls it "Cape" type.