Container ship size categories Name Capacity (TEU)[19] Length Beam Draft Example Ultra Large Container Vessel (ULCV) 14,501 and higher 1,200 ft (366 m) and longer 160.7 ft (49 m) and wider 49.9 ft (15.2 m) and deeper With a length of 400 m, a width of 59 m, draft of 14.5 m, and a capacity of 18,270 TEU, ships of the Maersk Triple E class are able to transit the Suez canal.[27] (photo: MV Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller) New Panamax (or Neopanamax) 10,000–14,500 1,200 ft (366 m) 160.7 ft (49 m) 49.9 ft (15.2 m) With a beam of 43 m, ships of the COSCO Guangzhou class are much too big to fit through the Panama Canal's old locks, but could easily fit through the new expansion. (photo: The 9,500 TEU MV COSCO Guangzhou pierside in Hamburg) Post-Panamax 5,101–10,000 Panamax 3,001–5,100 965 ft (294.13 m) 106 ft (32.31 m) 39.5 ft (12.04 m) Ships of the Bay class are at the upper limit of the Panamax class, with an overall length of 292.15 m, beam of 32.2m, and maximum depth of 13.3 m.[28] (photo: The 4,224 TEU MV Providence Bay passing through the Panama Canal) Feedermax 2,001–3,000 Container ships under 3,000 TEU are typically called feeders.