Container ship

Other languages: Kontainerskip (norwegian bokmål), Containerfartyg (swedish)

Watercraft types (National Maritime Museums in Sweden)

Description
Vessels designed to carry cargo packed in standardized, sealable, and reusable containers, that are made to fixed dimensions (usually either 20 or 40 feet in length) and designed to stack and lock together. They are also characterized by the lack of cargo handling gear, which is located on shore terminals rather than aboard ship. Container ships require large hatches in the deck for stowing the cargo; belowdecks typically is a cellular grid of compartments opening to the weather deck and desi... Vessels designed to carry cargo packed in standardized, sealable, and reusable containers, that are made to fixed dimensions (usually either 20 or 40 feet in length) and designed to stack and lock together. They are also characterized by the lack of cargo handling gear, which is located on shore terminals rather than aboard ship. Container ships require large hatches in the deck for stowing the cargo; belowdecks typically is a cellular grid of compartments opening to the weather deck and designed to receive the containers and hold them in place until unloading is achieved at the port of destination.
Broader concept
Dataset owner
Contact information
registrator@smtm.se [sv]
dataskyddsombud@smtm.se [sv]
License
Public Domain Dedication (CC0) applies to the information on this page
Last changed
19/03/2024 20:22:40
08/02/2025 10:03:44
Published
Status

URI
http://kulturnav.org/7adc0874-7331-403b-9806-f8fb026d4521 | RDF/XML | JSON-LD
Label
Container ship
English

Kontainerskip
Norwegian bokmål

Containerfartyg
Swedish

Description
Vessels designed to carry cargo packed in standardized, sealable, and reusable containers, that are made to fixed dimensions (usually either 20 or 40 feet in length) and designed to stack and lock together. They are also characterized by the lack of cargo handling gear, which is located on shore terminals rather than aboard ship. Container ships require large hatches in the deck for stowing the cargo; belowdecks typically is a cellular grid of compartments opening to the weather deck and designed to receive the containers and hold them in place until unloading is achieved at the port of destination.
English

Wikipedia (via Wikidata)

Wikipedia (via Wikidata)

Wikipedia (via Wikidata)

Wikipedia (via Wikidata)

Wikipedia (via Wikidata)

Store norske leksikon

Category
English

Norwegian bokmål

Typ
Swedish

Estonian

Broader concept
English
               Merchant vessel - Type
English
                    merchant vessels by cargo type - Guide term
English
                         Cargo vessel - Type
English

-Text
Getty Research Institute, Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)
English