Conteener ship

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Cless owerview
Name:	Container ship
Subclasses:	(1) Geared or gearless (as per the cargo-haundlin teep) (2) Frauchter or pure Container (as per the passenger carrier-teep) (3) Feeder or Warld-wide ootlin-gaun veshel (as per the tred) (4) Panamax or post-Panamax veshel (as per the brenth o the veshel < or > nor 32.2m respectively)
Biggit:	1956–present
In service:	9,535 ships as o 2010
General chairacteristics
Propulsion:	Teepically diesel syne 1990
Speed:	Teepically 16–25 knot (30–46 km/h)
Capacity:	Up tae 20,150 TEU
Notes:	Reduced superstructur, conteeners steckit on deck, bulbous beuch

Conteener ships is cargae ships at cairries aw o thair laid in truck-size intermodal conteeners, in a technique cried conteenerisaution. Thay are a common means o commercial intermodal fraucht transport frae the late 20t yeirhunner on an nou cairries maist seagangin non-bouk cargae.

References

Citit soorces

• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2010). Review of Maritime Transport, 2010 (PDF). New York and Geneva: United Nations. ISBN 978-92-1-112810-9.
• Michael McNicholas (2008). Maritime security: an introduction. Boston, MA: Butterworth Heinemann. ISBN 0-12-370859-1. Retrieved 5 Mairch 2011.