Container Ship

A container ship is a vessel that is designed to transport cargo in containers. Container ships can be broken down into different types, including vessels that carry floating containers (lighters) and roro ships which carry wheeled cargo such as cars, but also containers that are loaded onto trucks.

The hull of a container ship is split into cells and the containers themselves will be loaded into these through large hatches. Some container ships have their own cranes onboard while some are dependent on cranes located at the port or terminal - these are called fully cellular container ships.