container ship
noun
variants
or less commonly containership
: a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
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In an aerial view, a container ship is seen docked at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California, on April 18, 2025.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
Plans to develop a new container ship terminal at Sparrows Point on the outskirts of Baltimore’s harbor are stirring up mixed feelings in a community that’s still living with the toxic legacy of more than a century of steel manufacturing there, The Chesapeake Bay Journal reports.
—Timothy B. Wheeler, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
In 2021, just one container ship running aground in the Suez Canal held up more than $5 billion in trade for each of the six days the canal was obstructed.
—Matthew Buckingham, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
In an overhead shot of the ocean, a handful of rescue boats race toward a container ship bobbing steadily with the current.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
Plans to develop a new container ship terminal at Sparrows Point on the outskirts of Baltimore’s harbor are stirring up mixed feelings in a community that’s still living with the toxic legacy of more than a century of steel manufacturing there, The Chesapeake Bay Journal reports.
—Timothy B. Wheeler, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
In 2021, just one container ship running aground in the Suez Canal held up more than $5 billion in trade for each of the six days the canal was obstructed.
—Matthew Buckingham, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
In an overhead shot of the ocean, a handful of rescue boats race toward a container ship bobbing steadily with the current.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Container ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/container%20ship. Accessed 21 May. 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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