Container ships, also called ‘box ships’, are large vessels designed to transport standard 10ft, 20ft, 40ft, 45ft, High Cube, Open Top, Flat Rack, Garments on Hanger (GOH) or refrigerated containers.
These container ships are so widely used in international transport they are usually highly automated and newer models even emit zero emissions.
Nowadays these vessels transport the vast majority of non-bulk cargo worldwide. In other words, most of the maritime shipping is carried by container ships.
