Nautical Term: Container vessel
Definition of Container vessel
A container vessel is a seafaring craft that is explicitly engineered for the efficient transportation of standardized containers. These containers are designed to fit precisely within the hull and on the deck of the container vessel. For instance, a container vessel might transport a cargo of 1,000 containers, each containing various consumer goods, from a manufacturing hub in Asia to a retail distribution center in Europe.
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