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  2. Container ship - Wikipedia

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    Container ship: Subclasses (1) Geared or gearless (as per cargo-handling type) (2) Freighter or pure container (as per passenger carrier-type) (3) Feeder or world-wide foreign-going vessel (as per trade) (4) Panamax or post-Panamax vessel (as per breadth of vessel < or > than 32.2m respectively) Built: 1956–present: In service: 9,535 ships as ...

  3. Maritime transport - Wikipedia

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    Most container ships are propelled by diesel engines and have crews of between 10 and 30 people. They generally have a large accommodation block at the stern, directly above the engine room. Cruise ships are passenger ships used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the ...

  4. Ocean liner - Wikipedia

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    As of 2025, RMS Queen Mary 2 is the only ocean liner still in service. An ocean liner is a type of passenger ship primarily used for transportation across seas or oceans. . Ocean liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes (such as for pleasure cruises or as hospital ship

  5. Matson, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Among the "white ships of Matson" were Malolo (rechristened Matsonia), Lurline, Mariposa, and Monterey. [15] With the advent and expansion of routine air travel between the mainland and the islands, Matson's passenger service was greatly diminished, and the liners were eventually retired from trans-Pacific service and virtually gone by the end ...

  6. List of passenger ship companies - Wikipedia

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    This list of passenger ship companies is of companies that own and operate passenger ships, including cruise ships, cargo-passenger ships, and ferries (for passengers and automobiles). For the list of companies that own and operate freight ships ( bulk carriers , car carriers , container ships , roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers ...

  7. Manifest (transportation) - Wikipedia

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    Where such a list is limited to identifying passengers, it is a passenger manifest or passenger list [2] or bag manifest; conversely, a list limited to identifying cargo is a cargo manifest [3] or cargo list, or a container manifest for cargo in a container. The manifest may be used by people having an interest in the transport to ensure that ...

  8. Cargo liner - Wikipedia

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    A cargo liner, also known as a passenger-cargo ship or passenger-cargoman, is a type of merchant ship which carries general cargo and often passengers. They became common just after the middle of the 19th century, and eventually gave way to container ships and other more specialized carriers in the latter half of the 20th century.

  9. Maritime passenger terminal - Wikipedia

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    A passenger terminal is a structure in a port which services passengers boarding and leaving water vessels such as ferries, cruise ships and ocean liners.Depending on the types of vessels serviced by the terminal, it may be named (for example) ferry terminal, cruise terminal, marine terminal or maritime passenger terminal.