container ship

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[ kuhn-tey-ner ship ]

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noun

Transportation.

a large ship that transports its cargo in truck-size containers that can be transferred from ship to train to truck without unloading and reloading the contents:
Container ships may be a common sight today, but the arrival of the first American ones in European ports made headlines in the shipping journals of the time.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of container ship¹

First recorded in 1955–60

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For affected bulk vessels, the fee will be based on the weight of their cargo, while the charge for container ships will depend on how many containers a vessel is carrying.

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He pointed to the example of the Ever Given container ship, which was hit by a gust of wind in the Suez Canal in 2021 and got wedged sideways between the canal banks.

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The owners of a container ship have filed a legal claim against the owners of a tanker that it struck in a crash in the North Sea.

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“The impact force with these very large container ships is huge,” Dowell said.

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Up to 14,000 ships travel through it each year, including container ships carrying cars, natural gas and other goods, and military vessels.

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containerport containment

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