Today, about 90% of non- bulk cargo worldwide is transported by container ships, and the largest modern container ships can carry up to 24,000 TEU (e.g., Ever Ace). Typical loads are a mix of 20-foot (1-TEU) and 40-foot (2-TEU) ISO-standard containers, with the latter predominant. Container ships are a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo.Ĭontainer ship capacity is measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). Reduced superstructure, containers stacked on deck, bulbous bowĪ container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. (4) Panamax or post-Panamax vessel (as per breadth of vessel than 32.2m respectively).(3) Feeder or world-wide foreign-going vessel (as per trade).(2) Freighter or pure container (as per passenger carrier-type).(1) Geared or gearless (as per cargo-handling type).
