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Container ship

Meaning in maritime & shipping, with examples

nounCore term

In maritime & shipping, container ship means: A cargo ship designed to carry standard steel containers, stacked in cell guides in the holds and in rows on deck. Its capacity is measured in TEU.

In Turkish: konteyner gemisi

How it is used

Container ships usually run on fixed liner services with scheduled port calls, so words like schedule, berthing window and port rotation are common. The largest ones carry more than 24,000 TEU.

Example sentences

  1. The container ship has a capacity of 14,000 TEU and calls at five ports in the Mediterranean.

  2. Work on a container ship is fast: a port call may last less than a day.

Common collocations

  • feeder container ship
  • ultra large container ship
  • container ship schedule
  • liner service
  • TEUTwenty-foot Equivalent Unit: the standard unit for counting containers and measuring the capacity of container ships and terminals. A 40-foot container counts as two TEU.
  • lashingThe rods, chains, wires or straps used to secure cargo so that it cannot move at sea, and the work of fixing them in place.
  • stowage planA plan that shows where each part of the cargo will be placed on a ship, taking into account weight, stability, discharge ports and dangerous goods.
  • vesselA ship or large boat. In official documents, contracts and radio calls it is the standard word for any craft that travels on water.

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