11 Facts About Container ship

Container ship is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization.

Container ship capacity is measured in twenty-foot equivalent units .

The first commercially successful container ship was Ideal X, a T2 tanker, owned by Malcom McLean, which carried 58 metal containers between Newark, New Jersey and Houston, Texas, on its first voyage.

MV Kooringa was the world's first fully cellular purpose-built container ship and was built by Australian company, Associated Steamships Pty.

Container ship vessels eliminate the individual hatches, holds and dividers of the traditional general cargo vessels.

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The hull of a typical container ship is a huge warehouse divided into cells by vertical guide rails.

Hull of a modern cargo Container ship is a complex arrangement of steel plates and strengthening beams.

Major characteristic of a container ship is whether it has cranes installed for handling its cargo.

Lashing systems secure containers to the ship using devices made from wire rope, rigid rods, or chains and devices to tension the lashings, such as turnbuckles.

In recent years, oversupply of container ship capacity has caused prices for new and used ships to fall.

On 23 March 2021, the Ever Given container ship was passing through the Suez Canal on its way to Rotterdam from China when it became stuck and blocked the canal.