CONTAINER SHIP Definition & Meaning

container ship

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noun

Transportation.

a large ship that transports its cargo in truck-size containers that can be transferred from ship to train to truck without unloading and reloading the contents:
Container ships may be a common sight today, but the arrival of the first American ones in European ports made headlines in the shipping journals of the time.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of container ship¹

First recorded in 1955–60

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The owners of a container ship have filed a legal claim against the owners of a tanker that it struck in a crash in the North Sea.

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“The impact force with these very large container ships is huge,” Dowell said.

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Up to 14,000 ships travel through it each year, including container ships carrying cars, natural gas and other goods, and military vessels.

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The Panama Canal is one of the US's most important trade routes, with about 40% of all the country's container ships passing through the waterway between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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Up to 14,000 ships cross the canal per year, including container ships carrying cars, natural gas and other goods, and military vessels.

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