container ship

American  

[kuhn-tey-ner ship] / kənˈteɪ nər ˌʃɪp /

Or containership

noun

Transportation.

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of container ship

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Goods that left Asia on a container ship might be subject to the rate of the month they left even if the items weren’t actually imported until months later.

From Barron's

An electrical fire was reported below deck of the 1,100-foot container ship 1 Henry Hudson at 6:38 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

From Los Angeles Times

Prosecutors say he also arranged for the goods to be transported to Lebanon - where the group is based - either by container ship from ports in Hamburg or Spain or by air freight.

From BBC

TEU is a measurement used to describe cargo capacity for container ships and terminals.

From Los Angeles Times

However, Mr Pöntynen added that it would be difficult fitting the rotors to container ships which use every available space.

From BBC