container ship
noun
variants
or less commonly containership
: a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
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Nearly four months ago, the container ship Dali lost power and crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, decimating it and killing six construction workers.
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Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
Risks vary from vessel to vessel; the captain of an enormous container ship doesn’t have to worry about a squall in the same way the captain of a small sailboat would because their ship is far less likely to capsize.
—Raja Patel, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
The blaze occurred around 9:30 a.m. near a container ship at the Gloucester City Terminal.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
Not long after the late-night collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, the victim of an enormous 984-foot-long container ship that lost steering and propulsion from an abrupt power failure, the public was assured that this was an uncommon circumstance.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
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Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
Risks vary from vessel to vessel; the captain of an enormous container ship doesn’t have to worry about a squall in the same way the captain of a small sailboat would because their ship is far less likely to capsize.
—Raja Patel, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
The blaze occurred around 9:30 a.m. near a container ship at the Gloucester City Terminal.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
Not long after the late-night collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, the victim of an enormous 984-foot-long container ship that lost steering and propulsion from an abrupt power failure, the public was assured that this was an uncommon circumstance.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
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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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