Editing Container ship (section)

{{Short description|Ship that carries cargo in intermodal containers}}
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|Ship image=MAERSK MC KINNEY MÖLLER & MARSEILLE MAERSK (48694054418).jpg
|Ship caption=Two [[Maersk Line]] container ships
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|Name=Container ship
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|Subclasses=*(1) Geared or gearless (as per cargo-handling type)
*(2) Freighter or pure container (as per passenger carrier-type)
*(3) Feeder or world-wide foreign-going vessel (as per trade)
*(4) Panamax or post-Panamax vessel (as per breadth of vessel < or > than 32.2m respectively)
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|Built range=1956–present
|In service range=9,535 ships as of 2010<ref name="unctad33">UNCTAD, 2010, p. 33.</ref>
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|Ship notes=Reduced superstructure, containers stacked on deck, [[bulbous bow]]
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A '''container ship''' (also called '''boxship''' or spelled '''containership''') is a [[cargo ship]] that carries all of its load in truck-size [[intermodal container]]s, in a technique called [[containerization]]. Container ships are a common means of commercial [[intermodal freight transport]] and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo.

Container ship capacity is measured in [[twenty-foot equivalent unit]]s (TEU). Typical loads are a mix of 20-foot (1-TEU) and 40-foot (2-TEU) [[ISO 668|ISO-standard containers]], with the latter predominant.

Today, about 90% of non-[[bulk cargo]] worldwide is transported by container ships, the largest of which, from 2023 onward, can carry over 24,000 TEU.