Container ship and Cargo vessel

Container ship

Container ship noun - A cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes.
Usage example: the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceed 90 pounds
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Synonyms for Container ship

Cargo vessel and container ship are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cargo vessel" instead a noun phrase "Container ship".

Cargo vessel

Cargo vessel noun - A ship designed to carry cargo.
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Synonyms for Cargo vessel

Container ship and cargo vessel are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Container ship" with "Cargo vessel", this phrases are similar.

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