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Recent Examples of containership
In 2025, China completed 14 voyages, including a Cosco containership, the first containership to make a journey through the waterway.
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
The world's largest containership, built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, in Rotterdam harbor, Netherlands, on August 12, 2022.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
The world's largest containership, built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, in Rotterdam harbor, Netherlands, on August 12, 2022.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for containership
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The protests have caused chaos as blockades at Ireland’s only oil refinery and several vital depots prevented tanker trucks from delivering fuel to service stations and more than a third of pumps ran dry.—
Brian Melley,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the Khairpur, a Pakistani oil product tanker, was transiting through the Iranian corridor toward the Gulf after earlier changing course twice on Sunday.—
Weilun Soon,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Nagel's namesake Cygnus XL freighter will deliver about 11,000 pounds (4,990 kilograms) of science equipment and supplies to the astronauts aboard the station.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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The 287-foot freighter was intentionally sunk to create an artificial reef in 1985.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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York helped row and tow the party’s barge, which was the size of a semi-truck trailer.—
Craig Fehrman,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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On July 28, Insua was operating a tugboat pushing a barge loaded with construction debris with a deckhouse and crane obstructing the vessel's front view, per the statement.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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There was no direct overland route, so cross-country mail got routed via steamship around South America.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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Victor Rillet, a 21-year-old Frenchman, disembarked the steamship Washington in New York in October 1864, carrying the kind of optimism that fuels both great innovation and spectacular disappointment.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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The find was announced 225 years to the day since the Battle of Copenhagen on April 2, 1801 — the same day the warship sank.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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These are not the polished relics of admirals and officers but the everyday possessions of working men who fought and died aboard a burning warship.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Dixon recommends a handheld steamer as an alternative.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
2 Apr. 2026
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Not everyone wants to travel with a portable steamer or trust notoriously finicky hotel irons to smooth out their clothing, so investing in wrinkle-free materials from the jump is a great way to cut down the obstacles between you and a day out enjoying your vacation.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Apr. 2026
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With no concrete end in sight for when oil supply might normalize, traders are settling into the idea that the Fed will be unlikely to move.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Crude oil prices climbed 7% this morning to re-top $100, and stock futures fell as traders saw little sign of progress in ending the Iran war.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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Two batters later, Matt Chapman blasted a liner to deep left.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Higashioka's liner just over the wall in left field in the fifth put the Rangers in front 3-2 against George Kirby, who lost to Texas for the first time in 11 career starts.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Containership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containership. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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