What is Container ship?
[[File:Containershipxinshanghai.jpg|thumb|A large container ship, near [[Hamburg]]]] A '''Container ship''' is a [[cargo ship]] that is used to carry standard [[Intermodal container]]s. They are common. Most cargo ships that do not carry bulk goods are container ships. The containers come in different sizes. In general, the load they can carry is measured in [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit]]s (abbreviated ''TEU''). A twenty-foot container is 1 TEU (6.1 meters), a forty-foot container is 2 TEU (12.2 meters). {{transport-stub}} [[Category:Ship types]]