List of container ships

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This is a list of container ships, both those in service and those which have ceased to operate. Container ships are a type of cargo ship that transports containers. For ships that have sailed under multiple names, their most recent name is used and former names are listed in the Notes section.

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Ultra Large Container Vessel (ULCV)

NameImageTypeCountryOwnerYear built Tonnage NotesStatus
Barzan Barzan (ship, 2015) 03.jpg A18-class Flag of Germany.svg Germany United Arab Shipping Company 2015195,636In service
CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery southampton docks.JPG Antoine de Saint Exupery-class Flag of France.svg France CMA CGM 2018217,673In service
CMA CGM Jacques Saadé CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE porte-conteneurs propulse au GNL 2020.jpg Jacques Saadé-class Flag of France.svg France CMA CGM 2020236,583In service
CSCL Globe CSCL Globe arriving at Felixstowe, United Kingdom.jpg Globe-class Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong COSCO Shipping 2014184,605Largest container ship until the completion of MSC Oscar [1] In service
Emma Maersk Emma Maersk2.jpg E-class container ship Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Maersk Line 2006170,794In service
Ever Given IMO 9811000 EVER GIVEN (09).JPG Evergreen G-class Flag of Panama.svg Panama Evergreen Marine Corporation 2018217,612In service
HMM Algeciras HMM Algeciras IMO 9863297 C Hamburg 10-06-2020 (2).jpg HMM Algeciras-class Flag of Panama.svg Panama HMM 2020228,283In service
HMM Copenhagen HMM Copenhagen at southampton container port.JPG HMM Algeciras-class Flag of Panama.svg Panama HMM 2020228,283In service
Madrid Maersk SMIT ELBE & MADRID MAERSK (34423705434).jpg Triple E-class Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Maersk Line 2017214,286In service
Magleby Maersk Magleby Maersk.png Triple E-class Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Maersk Line 2014194,849In service
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller passing Port Said in the Suez Canal on its maiden voyage.jpg Triple E-class Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Maersk Line 2013194,849Largest container ship until the completion of CSCL Globe in 2014 [1] In service
MOL Triumph The MOL Triumph bound for Hamburg on the river Elbe.jpg Triumph-class Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands Mitsui O.S.K. Lines 2017192,672In service
MSC Gülsün MSC GULSUN (48675118678) (cropped).jpg Gülsün-class Flag of Panama.svg Panama Mediterranean Shipping Company 2019232,618In service
OOCL Germany OOCL GERMANY (36844566674).jpg OOCL G-class Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong OOCL 2017210,890In service
OOCL Hong Kong OOCL HONG KONG 1674.jpg OOCL G-class Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong OOCL 2017210,890In service


Panamamax

NameImageTypeCountryOwnerYear built Tonnage NotesStatus
ZIM Rotterdam Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia ZIM 2014116,499In service
Axel Mærsk Axel Mearsk p1, leaving Port of Rotterdam, Holland 24-Jan-2006.jpg Maersk A-class Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Maersk Line 200393,496In service
Chicago Express CMS CHICAGO EXPRESS 001 2008-04-23.jpg Colombo Express-class Flag of Germany.svg Germany Hapag-Lloyd 200691,020In service
Clementine Maersk Clementine Maersk.jpg Maersk C-class Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Maersk Line 200291,921In service
Colombo Express Colombo.Express.wmt.jpg Colombo Express-class Flag of Germany.svg Germany Hapag-Lloyd 200593,750In service
Kyoto Express Container ship Kyoto Express in the port of Hamburg.jpg Colombo Express-class Flag of Germany.svg Germany Hapag-Lloyd 200593,750In service
NYK Vega NYK Vega, Southampton.jpg NYK Vega-class Flag of Panama.svg Panama Nippon Yusen Shipping 200697,825In service
NYK Venus Nyk Venus, at the Amazone harbour, Port of Rotterdam, Holland 29-Aug-2007.jpg NYK Vega-class Flag of Panama.svg Panama Nippon Yusen Shipping 200797,825In service
NYK Vesta Nyk Vesta, at the Amazone harbour, Port of Rotterdam, Holland 08-Apr-2007.jpg NYK Vega-class Flag of Panama.svg Panama Nippon Yusen Shipping 200797,825In service
NYK Virgo NYK Virgo (8154929586).jpg NYK Vega-class Flag of Panama.svg Panama Nippon Yusen Shipping 200797,825In service
Osaka Express Osaka Express Container Ship.JPG Colombo Express-class Flag of Germany.svg Germany Hapag-Lloyd 200693,750In service


Feeder

NameImageTypeCountryOwnerYear built Tonnage NotesStatus
Atlantic Causeway Atlantic Causeway class Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Cunard Line 1969`Scrapped in 1986
Atlantic Conveyor Atlantic Conveyor (cropped).jpg Atlantic Causeway class Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Cunard Line 197014,946Sunk during the Falklands War.
Maj. Bernard F. Fisher MV Maj Bernard F Fisher (T-AK 4396).jpg Flag of the United States.svg United States Sealift Incorporated 198548,000Formerly Sea FoxIn service
Maria Reina MV TransAtlantic.jpg Flag of Panama.svg Panama19974,276Formerly Steamers Future, Eagle Faith, Mekong Star, Stl Future, Baffin Strait, TransAtlanticIn service
Rena NZ Defence Force assistance to OP Rena.jpg Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia Daina Shipping Co. 199038,788Formerly ZIM America, Andaman SeaBroke in two after grounding on Astrolabe Reef, New Zealand, on 5 October 2011 partially scrapped on site.
Tygra Container ship MV Maersk Alabama.jpg Maersk A-classFlag of Liberia.svg Liberia Waterman Steamship Corporation 199814,120Formerly Alva Maersk, Maersk Alabama, Maersk AndamanIn service

References

  1. 1 2 Parkinson, Justin (2015-01-08). "The world's biggest ship - for 53 days". BBC . Retrieved 2025-06-14.
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