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The holds are topped by hatch covers, onto which more containers can be stacked. Many container ships have cargo cranes installed on them, and some have specialized systems for securing containers on board. The hull of a modern cargo ship is a complex arrangement of steel plates and strengthening beams.
This is a list of container ships, both those in service and those which have ceased to operate. Container ships are a type of cargo ship that transports containers . For ships that have sailed under multiple names, their most recent name is used and former names are listed in the Notes section.
Cargo ships are categorized partly by cargo or shipping capacity , partly by weight (deadweight tonnage DWT), and partly by dimensions. Maximum dimensions such as length and width ( beam ) limit the canal locks a ship can fit in, water depth ( draft ) is a limitation for canals, shallow straits or harbors and height is a limitation in order to ...
Ships Market share Notes Alliance 1 Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Switzerland: 5,705,424 801 19.9% [Note 1] 2 Maersk Denmark: 4,193,392 685 14.6% [Note 2] Gemini 3 CMA CGM France: 3,635,418 634 12.7% [Note 3] Ocean Alliance 4 COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCO) China: 3,092,220 491 10.8% [Note 4] Ocean Alliance 5 Hapag-Lloyd Germany: 2,004,030 ...
This is a list of container ships with a capacity larger than 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). Container ships have been built in increasingly larger sizes to take advantage of economies of scale and reduce expense as part of intermodal freight transport. Container ships are also subject to certain limitations in size. Primarily ...
These lists of cargo ships document freighters engaged in the transportation goods. They include ships which carry small numbers of passengers in addition to their primary freight cargo. They include ships which carry small numbers of passengers in addition to their primary freight cargo.
Ship Capacity Entered service Displacement Length (metres) Note Handysize tanker Helene Maersk: 25,722 GT: 2010: 39,312 tonnes: 180 metres [1] Henning Maersk: 25,710 GT: 2010: 47,330 tonnes: 180 metres [2]
OOCL G-class container ship Container ship: 399.9 m (1,312 ft) 61.3 m (201 ft) 235,341: In service COSCO Shipyard Group: OOCL: ONE Innovation: ONE I-class container ship Container ship: 399.9 m (1,312 ft) 61.4 m (201 ft) 235,311: In service Japan Marine United Corporation: Ocean Network Express: Nissei Maru: Globtik Tokyo class Supertanker