container ship
noun
variants
or less commonly containership
: a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
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The jetlike sounds of container ship engines can reverberate for miles, and many boat engines emit noise in the same frequency range that the whales use to communicate.
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Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Its collapse in March 2024, after a container ship strike, halted flow on Interstate 695 and severely affected the Port of Baltimore and thousands of regional jobs.
—Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
In September, dozens of containers fell off a ZIM container ship at the Port of Long Beach, which briefly suspended cargo operations at the gateway’s Pier G terminal.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Nov. 2025
Authorities lifted an overnight shelter-in-place Saturday after a fire aboard a container ship at the Port of Los Angeles raised hazardous-materials concerns and drew more than 100 firefighters to the scene.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 22 Nov. 2025
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Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Its collapse in March 2024, after a container ship strike, halted flow on Interstate 695 and severely affected the Port of Baltimore and thousands of regional jobs.
—Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
In September, dozens of containers fell off a ZIM container ship at the Port of Long Beach, which briefly suspended cargo operations at the gateway’s Pier G terminal.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Nov. 2025
Authorities lifted an overnight shelter-in-place Saturday after a fire aboard a container ship at the Port of Los Angeles raised hazardous-materials concerns and drew more than 100 firefighters to the scene.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 22 Nov. 2025
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“Container ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/container%20ship. Accessed 20 Dec. 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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