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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.
In February 1931 the first container ship in the world was launched. It was called the Autocarrier, owned by Southern Railway UK. It had 21 slots for containers of Southern Railway. [12] [13] The next step was in Europe after WW II. Vessels purpose-built to carry containers were used between UK and Netherlands [23] and also in Denmark in 1951. [37]
Messina Line's fleet mainly includes ConRO vessels, able to carry containers on weather deck, and roll-on/roll-off cargo under deck, loaded via quarter stern ramp.. The main services offered are intra Mediterranean, [2] and Europe to East, South and West Africa and Middle East, plus a number of further destinations reached via transhipment.
The 300-meter (984-foot) long container ship Balzac in Zeebrugge port in Belgium. Container ships are used to transport containers by sea. These vessels are custom-built to hold containers. Some vessels can hold thousands of containers. Their capacity is often measured in TEU or FEU.
Former container ship classes of Maersk Line Ship class Built Capacity (TEU) Ships in class Notes A-class I 1974–1976 1,984 9 All 9 scrapped between 1999-2015 L-class I: 1980–1983 3,000 6+1 3 ships rebuilt by the United States Navy, and 4 ships were scrapped L-class II 1983–1985 3,300 4 All 4 ships is scrapped M-class I 1988–1991 4,300 12
Ultra-large container ships are more frequently used to bring goods from Asia to Europe. Container ships that can go through the old Panama Canal locks are called Panamax ships and can generally ...
CSCL Globe is a container ship owned and operated by COSCO Shipping and previously, China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL). The first of a class of five ships intended for Asia-Europe trade routes, [5] she was the largest container ship in the world at the time of her launch in November 2014, [6] with a maximum capacity of 19,100 twenty-foot containers.
In March 2023, the company broke the record of biggest container ship in the world two times in a row by receiving the 24,116 TEU MSC Tessa mega container ship on 10 March and the 24,345 TEU MSC Irina mega container ship on 13 March. [36] In October 2023, MSC acquired a 50% stake in Italian passenger rail group NTV. [37]