Although there's no official definition in terms of exact tonnages, Handysize most usually refers to a dry bulk vessel (or, less commonly, to a product tanker) with deadweight of about 15,000–35,000 tons. Above this size are Handymax bulkers (typically 35,000 - 58,000 tons deadweight); there's no well-defined or widely accepted size sector below 15,000 tons. Handysize's numerically the most common size of bulk carrier, with nearly 2000 units in service totalling about 43 million tons. Ha… (
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