container ship
noun
variants
or less commonly containership
: a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
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The Dali container ship crashed into a pier that supported the central span of the bridge in the early morning hours of March 26, 2024.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
The leak occurred during a bunkering operation in the Deurganck Dock involving the container ship MSC Denmark VI Thursday night.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2026
About 12% of the world's trade typically passes through Bab el-Mandeb and about 10% of global maritime trade - including 40% of container ship traffic - passes through the Suez Canal each year.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
About 12% of the world’s trade typically passes through Bab el-Mandeb and about 10% of global maritime trade — including 40% of container ship traffic — passes through the Suez Canal each year.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
The leak occurred during a bunkering operation in the Deurganck Dock involving the container ship MSC Denmark VI Thursday night.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2026
About 12% of the world's trade typically passes through Bab el-Mandeb and about 10% of global maritime trade - including 40% of container ship traffic - passes through the Suez Canal each year.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
About 12% of the world’s trade typically passes through Bab el-Mandeb and about 10% of global maritime trade — including 40% of container ship traffic — passes through the Suez Canal each year.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Container ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/container%20ship. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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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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