[sdevoid]

> China currently has two Panamax ports, with a third on the way. Vietnam has none and is building its first. The U.S., by comparison, has 42 by my count. [5]

I'm curious how Panamax or New Panamax berths make ports more economically viable? And whether US ports are more heavily import focused (and thus want a Neopanamax berth available should the need arise) vs. Chinese or Vietnamese ports? The reason I ask is because I spend too much time looking at ports on Google Maps, and to my eye no single N.A. port compares to most Chinese ports in terms of land area (and apparent capacity). [1] Do goods just sit idle in yards at Chinese ports?

Also, it looks like a single user has added ~30 ports to that list for China. [2] I'm not sure what to think of that.

[1] With the exception of Long Beach. Also this is only for container capacity, so I'm not thinking about roll-on/off, bulk and tanker ports.

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Panamax_p...

[rwmurrayVT]

A Chinamax ship is larger than a Panamax port. Surely if the standard is named after your country you have many ports large enough to handle them. I imagine the list was(is?) inaccurate.

I know the dry dock list on Wikipedia isn't accurate because it doesn't even include my shipyard!