container ship
noun
variants
or less commonly containership
: a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
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The container ship Gunde Maersk sits docked at the Port of Oakland on June 24, 2024 in Oakland, California.
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Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,sam Meredith, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
The container ship and its crew should have been subject to more restraints.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
The search for a missing crew member from the container ship was unsuccessful.
—Zoe Magee, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
Getty Images/Getty Images Europe LONDON — Dramatic TV footage shows a U.S.-flagged oil tanker spewing black smoke and flames after a collision with a container ship loaded with cargo off Britain's North Sea coast.
—Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025
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Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,sam Meredith, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
The container ship and its crew should have been subject to more restraints.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
The search for a missing crew member from the container ship was unsuccessful.
—Zoe Magee, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
Getty Images/Getty Images Europe LONDON — Dramatic TV footage shows a U.S.-flagged oil tanker spewing black smoke and flames after a collision with a container ship loaded with cargo off Britain's North Sea coast.
—Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Container ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/container%20ship. Accessed 22 Apr. 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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