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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: MV Tampa, Container ship, List of largest container ships, MSC Napoli, Odense Steel Shipyard, Emma M rsk, Maersk Triple E class, MV Ascension, SS Atlantic Conveyor, Costa Allegra, MV Francop, MSC Venezia, SS Ideal X, LT Cortesia, MV Monte Cervantes, SS Atlantic Causeway, CMA CGM Medea, Sea Witch, MSC Beatrice, Xin Los Angeles, MV M rsk Boston, COSCO Guangzhou, MSC Daniela, Gudrun M rsk, MV Ranga, Monchegorsk, Edith M rsk, Axel M rsk, Estelle Maersk, MV Cristina A, SS Mayaguez, MV Colombo Express, Ebba M rsk, MSC Danit, Auxiliary crane ship, Hannover Bridge, NYK Vega, CMA CGM Vela, Eugen M rsk, Clementine Maersk, CMA CGM Thalassa, Hansa Carrier, MSC Nuria, Osaka Express, MSC Carmen, MSC Madeleine, MSC Carouge, MSC Leigh, MSC Geneva, MV Mairangi Bay, MSC Monterey, MSC Rosaria, MV Karen Danielsen, MSC Cordoba, MV Resolution Bay, MV Vikartindur, MSC Pamela, MV Craigantlet, MV Star Osakana, MV Southern Lily, MV Baltic Enterprise, M rsk E-class container ship, MSC Sabrina, MOL Enterprise, Shanghai Express, Houston Express, Savannah Express, MSC Prestige, Olga M rsk. Excerpt: Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport. Container ships avoid the complex stevedoring of break-bulk shipping.There are two main types of dry cargo: bulk cargo and break bulk cargo. Bulk cargoes, like grain or coal, are transported unpackaged in the hull of the ship, generally in large volume. Break-bulk cargoes, on the other hand, are transported in packages, and are generally manufactured goods. Before the advent of containerization in the 1950s, break-bulk items were loaded, lashed, unlashed and unloaded from the ship one piece at a time. However, by grouping cargo into containers, 1,0...
