History of container ships
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2025-04-25 15:34
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Container ships were first developed in the US in 1957 by converting a cargo ship. Their loading and unloading efficiency is 10 times greater than that of conventional cargo ships, significantly reducing port time.
Container ships were converted from a cargo ship by the United States in 1957. Their loading and unloading efficiency is 10 times greater than that of conventional general cargo ships, significantly shortening port stay times and reducing cargo damage during loading and unloading. Since then, container ships have developed rapidly, maturing and becoming standardized by the 1970s.
Container ships are a completely new type of vessel. They have no internal decks, the engine room is located at the stern, and the hull is essentially a massive warehouse, up to 300 meters long, further divided into small compartments by vertical guide rails. When containers are loaded into the hold, these container devices serve as positioning guides, and they can firmly secure the containers when the ship encounters bad weather at sea. Because containers are made of metal and are sealed, the goods inside will not be eroded by rain or seawater. Container ships generally dock at dedicated cargo terminals and are loaded and unloaded using specialized large cranes on the dock, with an efficiency of 1000-2400 tons per hour, 30-70 times higher than that of ordinary general cargo ships. Therefore, they are widely adopted in the modern shipping industry.
On October 9, 2023, the "MSC CHINA" (Mediterranean China), one of the global 24,000 TEU ultra-large container ship series, was delivered in Shanghai. The vessel has an overall length of 399.99 meters, a molded width of 61.5 meters, and a molded depth of 33.2 meters. Its deck area is nearly equivalent to four standard football fields, and it can stack containers up to 25 layers high, which is equivalent to the height of a 22-story building, capable of carrying 24,116 containers.
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Broadly, it refers to vessels capable of loading international standard containers; narrowly, it refers to full container ships where all holds and decks are exclusively used for loading containers.
Container ships were first developed in the US in 1957 by converting a cargo ship. Their loading and unloading efficiency is 10 times greater than that of conventional cargo ships, significantly reducing port time.
What are the advantages of container ships?
First, it can save loading and unloading labor and reduce transportation costs. General cargo ships use single pieces or small combined pieces for transportation, which is laborious and time-consuming.
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