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Vessel Finder. Retrieved 12 January 2024. ^ "MSC Tessa breaks the record for the world's largest container ship with a capacity of 24,116 TEU". www.phaata.com. Retrieved 2 November 2022. ^ "MSC TESSA, Container Ship - Details and current position - IMO 9930038 - VesselFinder". www.vesselfinder.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
A 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. Container ships are a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo.
Technically, "cargo" refers to the goods carried aboard the ship for hire, while "freight" refers to the act of carrying of such cargo, but the terms have been used interchangeably for centuries. Generally, the modern ocean shipping business is divided into two classes: Liner business: typically (but not exclusively) container vessels (wherein ...
Timeline of largest passenger ships. RMS Queen Elizabeth' s size record stood for the longest time at over 54 years. This is a timeline of the world's largest passenger ships based upon internal volume, initially measured by gross register tonnage and later by gross tonnage. This timeline reflects the largest extant passenger ship in the world ...
The ships developed by three institutions could carry up to five people, collect waste, deliver goods, and provide "on-demand infrastructure". [105] [106] 2021 – The first autonomous cargo ship, MV Yara Birkeland is launched in Norway. The fully electric ship is expected to substantially reduce the need for truck journeys. [107]
10 × single 20 mm AA gun mounts (AF-11) Type C2 ships were designed by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in 1937–38. They were all-purpose cargo ships with five holds, and U.S. shipyards built 328 of them from 1939 to 1945. Compared to ships built before 1939, the C2s were remarkable for their speed and fuel economy.
Batillus class (4 ships) 414.22 m (1,359 ft) 553,661–555,051 DWT. 274,837–275,276 GT. 1976–2003. Broken up. The largest and longest ships ever to be laid down per original plans. They became second only to Seawise Giant (after its jumboisation) for deadweight tonnage and length overall.
USS Liberty was a Belmont -class technical research ship (electronic spy ship) that was attacked by Israel Defense Forces during the 1967 Six-Day War. She was built and served in World War II as SS Simmons Victory, as a Victory cargo ship. Liberty ships mothballed at Tongue Point, Astoria, Oregon, 1965.