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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.
| Name | Image | Type | Country | Owner | Year built | Tonnage | Notes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axel Mærsk |  | Maersk A-class |  Denmark | Maersk Line | 2003 | 93,496 | In service | |
| Chicago Express |  | Colombo Express-class |  Germany | Hapag-Lloyd | 2006 | 91,020 | In service | |
| Clementine Maersk |  | Maersk C-class | Denmark | Maersk Line | 2002 | 91,921 | In service | |
| Colombo Express |  | Colombo Express-class | Germany | Hapag-Lloyd | 2005 | 93,750 | In service | |
| Kyoto Express |  | Colombo Express-class | Germany | Hapag-Lloyd | 2005 | 93,750 | In service | |
| NYK Vega |  | NYK Vega-class |  Panama | Nippon Yusen Shipping | 2006 | 97,825 | In service | |
| NYK Venus |  | NYK Vega-class | Panama | Nippon Yusen Shipping | 2007 | 97,825 | In service | |
| NYK Vesta |  | NYK Vega-class | Panama | Nippon Yusen Shipping | 2007 | 97,825 | In service | |
| NYK Virgo |  | NYK Vega-class | Panama | Nippon Yusen Shipping | 2007 | 97,825 | In service | |
| Osaka Express |  | Colombo Express-class | Germany | Hapag-Lloyd | 2006 | 93,750 | In service |
| Name | Image | Type | Country | Owner | Year built | Tonnage | Notes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Causeway | Atlantic Causeway class |  United Kingdom | Cunard Line | 1969 | ` | Scrapped in 1986 | ||
| Atlantic Conveyor |  | Atlantic Causeway class | United Kingdom | Cunard Line | 1970 | 14,946 | Sunk during the Falklands War. | |
| Maj. Bernard F. Fisher |  |  United States | Sealift Incorporated | 1985 | 48,000 | Formerly Sea Fox | In service | |
| Maria Reina |  | Panama | 1997 | 4,276 | Formerly Steamers Future, Eagle Faith, Mekong Star, Stl Future, Baffin Strait, TransAtlantic | In service | ||
| Rena |  |  Liberia | Daina Shipping Co. | 1990 | 38,788 | Formerly ZIM America, Andaman Sea | Broke in two after grounding on Astrolabe Reef, New Zealand, on 5 October 2011 partially scrapped on site. | |
| Tygra |  | Maersk A-class | Liberia | Waterman Steamship Corporation | 1998 | 14,120 | Formerly Alva Maersk, Maersk Alabama, Maersk Andaman | In service |
Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers. Containerization, also referred as container stuffing or container loading, is the process of unitization of cargoes in exports. Containerization is the predominant form of unitization of export cargoes, as opposed to other systems such as the barge system or palletization. The containers have standardized dimensions. They can be loaded and unloaded, stacked, transported efficiently over long distances, and transferred from one mode of transport to another—container ships, rail transport flatcars, and semi-trailer trucks—without being opened. The handling system is mechanized so that all handling is done with cranes and special forklift trucks. All containers are numbered and tracked using computerized systems.
An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or cargo container, (or simply “container”) is a large metal crate designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – such as from ships to trains to trucks – without unloading and reloading their cargo. Intermodal containers are primarily used to store and transport materials and products efficiently and securely in the global containerized intermodal freight transport system, but smaller numbers are in regional use as well. It is like a boxcar that does not have wheels. Based on size alone, up to 95% of intermodal containers comply with ISO standards, and can officially be called ISO containers. These containers are known by many names: freight container, sea container, ocean container, container van or sea van, sea can or C can, or MILVAN, or SEAVAN. The term CONEX (Box) is a technically incorrect carry-over usage of the name of an important predecessor of the ISO containers: the much smaller steel CONEX boxes used by the U.S. Army.
A container ship is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. Container ships are a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo.
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A lifebuoy is a life-saving buoy designed to be thrown to a person in water to provide buoyancy and prevent drowning. Some modern lifebuoys are fitted with one or more seawater-activated lights to aid rescue at night.
A dockworker is a waterfront manual laborer who is involved in loading and unloading ships.
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A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire. This is in contrast to pleasure craft, which are used for personal recreation, and naval ships, which are used for military purposes.
Stitch! The Movie is a 2003 American direct-to-video animated science fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Rough Draft Korea, released on August 26, 2003. It is produced by Tony Craig, Jess Winfield, and Roberts "Bobs" Gannaway; Gannaway also co-wrote and co-directed with Winfield and Craig, respectively. It is the second film released in the Lilo & Stitch franchise and the third film chronologically, taking place after the 2002 first film and the 2005 direct-to-video sequel Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch. The film also serves as the backdoor pilot of the spin-off sequel series Lilo & Stitch: The Series, which Craig, Winfield, and Gannaway executive produced and debuted the following month. The story is an introduction to Dr. Jumba Jookiba's 625 experiments that he created with the financing of Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel.
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The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) is an international maritime treaty which sets out minimum safety standards in the construction, equipment and operation of merchant ships. The International Maritime Organization convention requires signatory flag states to ensure that ships flagged by them comply with at least these standards.
Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A, branded as MSC, is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970. The company is owned by the Aponte family with its headquarters in Switzerland since 1978. It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, controlling about 19.7 percent of the global container ship fleet.
The Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, also known as NYK Line, is a Japanese shipping company. The company headquarters are located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It operates a fleet of over 800 ships, which includes container ships, tankers, bulk and woodchip carriers, roll-on/roll-off car carriers, reefer vessels, LNG carriers, and cruise ships. It is a member of the Ocean Network Express and Mitsubishi Group.
Evergreen Marine Corporation is a Taiwanese container transportation and shipping company that is headquartered in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. With over 150 container ships, it is part of the Evergreen Group conglomerate of transportation firms and associated companies.
A passenger terminal is a structure in a port which services passengers boarding and leaving water vessels such as ferries, cruise ships and ocean liners. Depending on the types of vessels serviced by the terminal, it may be named ferry terminal, cruise terminal, marine terminal or maritime passenger terminal. As well as passengers, a passenger terminal sometimes has facilities for automobiles and other land vehicles to be picked up and dropped off by the water vessel.
A gantry crane is a crane built atop a gantry, which is a structure used to straddle an object or workspace. They can range from enormous "full" gantry cranes, capable of lifting some of the heaviest loads in the world, to small shop cranes, used for tasks such as lifting automobile engines out of vehicles. They are also called portal cranes, the "portal" being the empty space straddled by the gantry.
In 1961 China established a state-run maritime shipping company and subsequently signed shipping agreements with many countries, laying the foundation for developing the country's ocean transport. That organization developed into the present-day China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO). The Chinese government also invested heavily in water transport infrastructure, constructing new ports and rebuilding and enlarging older facilities.
Chinamax is a standard of ship measurements that allow conforming ships to use various harbours when fully laden, the maximum size of such a ship being 24 m (79 ft) draft, 65 m (213 ft) beam and 360 m (1,180 ft) length overall. An example of ships of this size is the Valemax bulk carriers.
Maersk Line is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of Maersk, a Danish business conglomerate. Founded in 1928, it is the world's second largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, offering regular services to 374 ports in 116 countries. In 2019, it employed 83,625 people where 18,398 of which are vessel crew and the other 65,227 are processing and operations personnel in offices and ports. Maersk Line operates over 708 vessels and has a total capacity of about 4.1 million TEU.
