Maritime glossary
Container Ship
A ship built to carry standardised intermodal containers stacked in cell guides and on deck.
Definition
A container ship, or boxship, carries cargo in standardised twenty- and forty-foot containers, stacked in below-deck cell guides and lashed on deck. Capacity is quoted in TEU. The fleet ranges from small feeders that serve regional ports up to ultra-large container vessels above 24,000 TEU on the main east-west trades. Most boxships work in liner services on fixed schedules, usually under long time charters to the carriers that operate the service.
How Vessel Hunter uses Container Ship
Vessel Hunter separates the registered owner from the liner operator that actually runs a boxship, which is the contact that matters for most commercial outreach.
Related terms
- TEUTwenty-foot Equivalent Unit
The standard unit of container ship capacity, equal to one twenty-foot container.
- Neo-PanamaxNew Panamax
A vessel sized to the expanded Panama Canal locks opened in 2016, with a beam up to 49 metres.
- Reefer Ship
A refrigerated cargo ship built to carry perishable goods like fruit, fish, and meat at controlled temperatures.
- Time Charter
A charter for a fixed period, paid as a daily hire rate, with the owner providing the crew.
The bigger picture
Container Ship is one piece of the commercial maritime picture Vessel Hunter pulls together for shipyards, suppliers, service providers, and port agents. Every vessel record bundles AIS, ownership, inspections, dry-dock history, casualty record, classification status, and a verified contact for the operator decision-maker behind the ship, so the team that reaches out first wins the work.
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