container ship
noun
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.
containership
-
a variation of
container ship.
Example Sentences
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GFS Pride, a containership, was hit Tuesday by an unknown projectile a nautical mile east of Ras Makhbuq, Oman, resulting in an onboard fire, according to maritime security companies Vanguard, Marisks and Neptune.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Some large containership liners have added surcharges and adjusted rates because of delays and surging costs to transit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
That crew member was 30-year-old Karmarkar, the third engineer of the GFS Galaxy, a containership that had left the port of Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
In March, the containership Newvoyager, which is Chinese owned, paid a $2 million fee to Tehran in yuan to ensure safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz, according to people involved in the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Federal prosecutors charged the operator of the containership that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, alleging safety violations caused six deaths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
