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Baltimax is a Astramar Group / Primorsk Port / Restrictions / Tankers
/ref> The Northern Port in
naval architecture
Naval architecture, or naval engineering, is an engineering discipline incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software and safety engineering as applied to the engineering design process, shipbuilding, maintenance, and o ...
term for the largest ship measurements capable of entering and leaving the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
in a laden condition.
It is the Great Belt
The Great Belt ( da, Storebælt, ) is a strait between the major islands of Zealand (''Sjælland'') and Funen (''Fyn'') in Denmark. It is one of the three Danish Straits.
Effectively dividing Denmark in two, the Belt was served by the Great Be ...
route that allows the largest ships. The limit is a draft of 15.4 metres and an air draft
Air draft (or air draught) is the distance from the surface of the water to the highest point on a vessel. This is similar to the " deep draft" of a vessel which is measured from the surface of the water to the deepest part of the hull below th ...
of 65 metres (limited by the clearance of the east bridge of the Great Belt Fixed Link
The Great Belt Bridge ( da, Storebæltsbroen) or Great Belt fixed link ( da, Storebæltsforbindelsen) is a multi-element fixed link crossing the Great Belt strait between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen. It consists of a road suspension ...
). The length can be around 240 m and the width around 42 m. This gives a weight of around 100,000 metric ton.
Nevertheless, there are also certain larger ship types plying the Baltic Sea. Particularly the so-called ''B-Max'' crude oil tanker with more than 205,000 tons deadweight (68 m width, 325 m length) and the Maersk Triple E class
The Triple E class is a family of very large container ships with a capacity of more than 18,000 TEUs, which are owned and operated by Maersk Line.
With a length of , when they were built they were the largest container ships in the world, but ...
container ship, 400 m length and 165,000 metric tons deadweight.
The Öresund allows only 8 m draft and is no alternative for large ships. The shortcut Nord-Ostsee-Kanal allows 9.5 m draft.
Furthermore, many ports limit ship size. The iron ore ports of Luleå
Luleå ( , , locally ; smj, Luleju; fi, Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban core (2018) and is the seat of Lu ...
(11 m, to be deepened to 13 m) and Kemi
Kemi (; sme, Giepma ; smn, Kiemâ; sms, Ǩeeʹmm; Swedish (historically): ''Kiemi'') is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located very near the city of Tornio and the Swedish border. The distance to Oulu is to the south and to Rovani ...
(10 m) and the large port of KlaipÄ—da
Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuan ...
(13.8 m) have less draft than Baltimax. The largest port is Primorsk which has 15 m draft, similar to Baltimax./ref> The Northern Port in
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
can take the 300,000 ton 15 m draft ships.
See also
*Ports of the Baltic Sea
There are over 200 ports in the Baltic Sea (or 190, when only those ports that handle a minimum of 50,000 tonnes of cargo annually and where at least part of this cargo is international are taken into account). In 2008, the total amount of cargo ...
References