container ship
noun
variants
or less commonly containership
: a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
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Global container ship capacity has risen by 2.43 million TEUs in the last 12 months, registering a growth of 8.1 percent year over year.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 28 July 2025
The crew escaped on lifeboats without any injuries and were rescued by a nearby container ship.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
Johan Helberg was fast asleep in the early hours of Thursday when a huge container ship crashed into his garden, narrowly missing his home on the bank of Norway’s Trondheim Fjord.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 23 May 2025
Reuters — The captain of a container ship that crashed into a US tanker off Britain’s east coast pleaded not guilty on Friday in a London court to manslaughter by gross negligence over the death of a crew member in the collision.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 28 July 2025
The crew escaped on lifeboats without any injuries and were rescued by a nearby container ship.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
Johan Helberg was fast asleep in the early hours of Thursday when a huge container ship crashed into his garden, narrowly missing his home on the bank of Norway’s Trondheim Fjord.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 23 May 2025
Reuters — The captain of a container ship that crashed into a US tanker off Britain’s east coast pleaded not guilty on Friday in a London court to manslaughter by gross negligence over the death of a crew member in the collision.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
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“Container ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/container%20ship. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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containership
noun
con·tain·er·ship
kən-ˈtā-nər-ˌship 
: a ship designed or equipped to carry very large containers of cargo
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