page_title: Container ship
section_title: Losses and Safety problems
hierarchical_section_title: Container ship / Losses and Safety problems
caption_attribution_description: English: This bubble map shows the global distribution of container ships in 2006 as a percentage of the top market (Panama - 663). This map is consistent with incomplete set of data too as long as the top producer is known. It resolves the accessibility issues faced by colour-coded maps that may not be properly rendered in old computer screens. Data was extracted on 30th September 2007 from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2108.html Based on :Image:BlankMap-World.png
context_page_description: Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They are a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo.
  Container ship capacity is measured in twenty-foot equivalent units. Typical loads are a mix of 20-foot and 40-foot ISO-standard containers, with the latter predominant.
  Today, about 90% of non-bulk cargo worldwide is transported by container ships, and the largest modern container ships can carry over 23,000 TEU. Container ships now rival crude oil tankers and bulk carriers as the largest commercial seaborne vessels.
context_section_description: It has been estimated that container ships lose between 2,000 and 10,000 containers at sea each year, costing $370 million. A more recent survey for the six years 2008 through 2013 estimates average losses of individual containers overboard at 546 per year, and average total losses including catastrophic events such as vessel sinkings or groundings at 1,679 per year Most go overboard on the open sea during storms but there are some examples of whole ships being lost with their cargo. When containers are dropped, they immediately become an environmental threat – termed "marine debris". Once in the ocean, they fill with water and sink if the contents cannot hold air. Rough waters smash the container, sinking it quickly.
  The threat of piracy can cost a container shipping company as much as $100 million per year due to longer routes and higher speed, particularly near East Africa.
caption: Container fleet in 2006
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