container ship
noun
variants
or less commonly containership
: a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
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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.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Nov. 2025
Pacific Time below deck of the container ship named 1 Henry Hudson.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge occurred early on March 26, 2024, when the container ship Dali lost power and struck a support pier, prompting the spans to fall into the Patapsco River.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 19 Nov. 2025
Safety board investigator Todd Gianelloni said the crew did periodically inspect the 947-foot container ship, but there were no instructions on how to check individual wire connections, and doing so would have been labor intensive and impractical on a ship with thousands of wires.
—Brian Witte, Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Nov. 2025
Pacific Time below deck of the container ship named 1 Henry Hudson.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge occurred early on March 26, 2024, when the container ship Dali lost power and struck a support pier, prompting the spans to fall into the Patapsco River.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 19 Nov. 2025
Safety board investigator Todd Gianelloni said the crew did periodically inspect the 947-foot container ship, but there were no instructions on how to check individual wire connections, and doing so would have been labor intensive and impractical on a ship with thousands of wires.
—Brian Witte, Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Container ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/container%20ship. Accessed 30 Nov. 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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