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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.
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.
Container ships are cargo ships that carry their entire load in truck-sized containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport . Informally known as "box boats," they carry the majority of the world's dry cargo.
Ships that carry this sort of cargo are called general cargo ships. The term break bulk derives from the phrase breaking bulk—the extraction of a portion of the cargo of a ship or the beginning of the unloading process from the ship's holds. These goods may not be in shipping containers.
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 ...
Pages in category "Ships of the Haitian Navy" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Container ships that can go through the old Panama Canal locks are called Panamax ships and can generally hold up to 5,000 TEUs. Those vessels typically hold between 1.5 million and 2 million ...
Naval ships of Haiti (1 C) S. Shipwrecks of Haiti (1 C, 6 P) This page was last edited on 9 March 2013, at 09:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...