What does "handysize" mean?

Of a class of freight ships which have a small cargo capacity. Divided into size dependent sub-category descriptions including handy, handymax, supramax.

Handysize

adj

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Adjective

1
Of a class of freight ships which have a small cargo capacity. Divided into size dependent sub-category descriptions including handy, handymax, supramax. not-comparable

Etymology

handy + size

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