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Container ship

A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. Container ships are a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo.

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Built
1956–present
Capacity
Up to 24,000 TEU
In service
9,535 ships as of 2010
Name
Container ship
Propulsion
Typically diesel since 1990
Speed
Typically 16–25 knots (30–46 km/h) (19-29 mph)

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Architecture

Fleet characteristics

Container ports

Losses and safety problems

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Container ship

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Container ship

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related to Shipboard operations · 40
Container ship → American Merchant Seaman's Manual, Archived, Box, Brian, Cambridge, Charles, Conrad, Container Stowage, Containership Operations, Cornell Maritime Pr, Cornell Maritime Press, Cudahy, Edward, Fordham University Press, Hale, Hayler, Huber, In Hayler, ISBN, John
related to Flag states · 20
Container ship → As, By, Cyprus, DWT, Germany, International, International Transport Workers' Federation, Japan, Liberia, Liberian, Marshall Islands, Marshallese, Panama, Seven, Singapore, The Panamanian, Transportation Statistics, United Kingdom, United States, United States Bureau
related to Shipping industry alliances · 17
Container ship → Article, As, Carriers, Commission, EEA, EU, European Commission, European Union, Functioning, General Rate Increases, GRIs, In, In July, March, Similarities, The, Treaty
related to Size categories · 17
Container ship → As, Container, December, June, Neopanamax, Panama, Panama Canal, Panamax, Post-Panamax, Such, Suezmax, TEU, The, The Neopanamax, The Post-Panamax, Very Large Container Ships, VLCS
related to Safety and security · 15
Container ship → An, April, Boston, Butterworth Heinemann, Chia-Hsun Chan, Dong-Ping Song, ISBN, Jingjing Xu, MA, March, Maritime, Michael McNicholas, Retrieved, Safety Science, Taiwan
related to Scrapping · 15
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related to Cargo holds · 13
Container ship → Another, Cell, Development, Efficiency, On, So, The, These, Today, Trade, United Nations Conference, Until, While
related to Losses and safety problems · 13
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related to Largest ships · 12
Container ship → Economies, Furthermore, However, If, In, Primarily, Singapore Strait, South Korean, STX, Suez Canal, TEU, This
related to Freight market · 11
Container ship → As, Development, In, Maritime Trade, Outside, Review, TEU, The, The United Nations Conference, Trade, UNCTAD

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Container shipBuilt1956–present1.00infobox
Container shipCapacityUp to 24,000 TEU1.00infobox
Container shipIn service9,535 ships as of 20101.00infobox
Container shipNameContainer ship1.00infobox
Container shipNotesReduced superstructure, containers stacked on deck, bulbous bow1.00infobox
Container shipPropulsionTypically diesel since 19901.00infobox
Container shipSpeedTypically 16–25 knots (30–46 km/h) (19-29 mph)1.00infobox
Container shipSubclasses(1) Geared or gearless (as per cargo-handling type)1.00infobox
Container shipSubclasses(2) Freighter or pure container (as per passenger carrier-type)1.00infobox
Container shipSubclasses(3) Feeder or world-wide foreign-going vessel (as per trade)1.00infobox
Container shipSubclasses(4) Panamax or post-Panamax vessel (as per breadth of vessel < or > than 32.2m respectively)1.00infobox
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