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Panamax ships are the absolute maximum size of ship the Panama Canal can handle (eg: PANAma canal MAXimum). [0]

Edit: Obviously, the canal is now larger. So Panamax in this case refers to ships that maxed out the old maximum size.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamax

parent USAnum1 10 years ago

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