As naval architects and engineers have steadily improved the operational characteristics of handymaxes over the years, ships have also increased in size, from the 45,000 dwt Handymax of the 1990’s to the 64,000 dwt Ultramax of today. During the boom years of 2004-2008, naval architects developed larger ship designs is an effort to improve the cargo carrying capacity
As naval architects and engineers have steadily improved the operational characteristics of handymaxes over the years, ships have also increased in size, from the 45,000 dwt Handymax of the 1990’s to the 64,000 dwt Ultramax of today. During the boom years of 2004-2008, naval architects developed larger ship designs is an effort to improve the cargo carrying capacity