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Container Ship
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A container ship is a cargo ship built to carry its entire load in standardized intermodal containers rather than as loose or bulk cargo. The type began with Malcom McLean's 1956 conversion of the tanker SS Ideal X, and container ships now carry about 90 percent of the world's non-bulk seagoing cargo.
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SignificanceThe vessel type that made containerization practical, and today carries about 90 percent of the world's non-bulk seagoing cargo. 2 Manufacturer or BuilderVarious shipyards; the type began with the 1956 conversion of the tanker SS Ideal X by Malcom McLean's Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: SS Ideal X
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SS Ideal X, a converted World War II T-2 oil tanker, was the first commercially successful container ship.
2. Wikipedia: Container Ship
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A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization.
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