Cape Ship in Dock – part of Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime Agencies’ fleet

A cape ship, owned by Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Marine Agencies

A cape ship, owned by Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Marine Agencies, being unloaded and loaded with cargo by huge cranes.

Cape ships are also known as Capsize ships and were originally too large to be able to travel along the Suez Canal (larger than Suezmax and Panamax). In order to travel across the world’s oceans it meant that the ships would pass either the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn, hence their name, although the definition has changed in recent years due to the widening of the canal.

Cape ships like the one owned by Eyal Ofer in the image, are mainly used to transport raw commodities on a large scale such as coal, iron ore, etc. It is estimated that over 90% of cape ships are used to carry coal and iron ore and with the demand for this type of commodity growing, there are an increasing number of Cape ships on the sea.