{"id":99633,"date":"2026-10-22T16:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/how-big-is-a-container-ship"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:32:24","slug":"how-big-is-a-container-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/how-big-is-a-container-ship","title":{"rendered":"Quelle est la taille d'un porte-conteneurs ? 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Here is how container ships are measured, how the size classes compare, and what that means if you travel on one.<\/p><h2>Que signifie \u00ab TEU \u00bb ?<\/h2><p>Container ship capacity is measured in <strong>TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units)<\/strong>. One TEU is a standard 20-foot container, about 6 metres long. Most cargo now moves in 40-foot containers, which count as 2 TEU. So a 10,000 TEU ship carries roughly 5,000 forty-foot boxes when full.<\/p><figure style=\"margin:1.6em 0\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AdobeStock_289497060-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"Large container ship close-up showing stacked containers\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:12px;display:block\" title=\"Large container ship close-up showing stacked containers\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:.85em;color:#6b7280;margin-top:.45em;text-align:center\">Even a mid-size container ship stretches the length of three football pitches.<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2>Container ship sizes compared<\/h2><div class=\"ch-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Size class<\/th><th>Typical capacity<\/th><th>Longueur typique<\/th><th>Where you see them<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Alimentateur<\/td><td>Jusqu'\u00e0 environ 3 000 EVP<\/td><td>140&ndash;200 m<\/td><td>Short regional routes, smaller ports<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Panamax<\/td><td>Entre 3 000 et 5 000 EVP environ<\/td><td>Up to 294 m<\/td><td>Older ships sized for the original Panama Canal locks<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neopanamax<\/td><td>Up to about 15,000 TEU<\/td><td>Up to 366 m<\/td><td>Ships sized for the expanded Panama Canal locks<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Navire porte-conteneurs ultra-grand (ULCV)<\/td><td>18 000 \u00e0 24 000+ EVP<\/td><td>About 400 m<\/td><td>Asia&ndash;Europe main routes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><h2>The world&rsquo;s largest container ships<\/h2><p>The record is held by MSC&rsquo;s Irina class, launched from 2023. MSC Irina carries <strong>24,346 TEU<\/strong>, is <strong>399.9 metres long<\/strong> et <strong>61.3 metres wide<\/strong>. Ships of this size are so big that only a handful of the world&rsquo;s ports can handle them, and they sail mainly between Asia and northern Europe.<\/p><figure style=\"margin:1.6em 0\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Cargo-Ship-Travel-Cargoholidays10-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of a container port with cranes loading a large ship\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:12px;display:block\" title=\"Aerial view of a container port with cranes loading a large ship\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:.85em;color:#6b7280;margin-top:.45em;text-align:center\">The biggest ships need deep-water ports and giant cranes that reach across 24 rows of containers.<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2>How big is a container ship compared with other things?<\/h2><ul><li><strong>Longueur :<\/strong> a 400-metre ship is longer than four football pitches placed end to end<\/li><li><strong>Largeur :<\/strong> about 61 metres across, wide enough for 24 containers side by side<\/li><li><strong>Hauteur :<\/strong> containers can be stacked more than ten high above deck<\/li><li><strong>Crew:<\/strong> despite the size, a modern container ship runs with a crew of only about 20&ndash;30 people<\/li><\/ul><h2>How big are the passenger cabins?<\/h2><p>Passenger cabins sit in the accommodation block at the back of the ship, near the bridge. A standard passenger cabin is roughly the size of a good hotel room, with an en-suite shower, desk and window. Owner&rsquo;s cabins are larger, often with a separate sitting area. The accommodation block is several decks high, so the view from your window is often above the container stacks.<\/p><h2>Does ship size affect your voyage?<\/h2><ul><li><strong>Bigger ships<\/strong> feel very stable in moderate seas and sail the main ocean routes between large ports<\/li><li><strong>Smaller ships<\/strong> call at more interesting, smaller ports but move more in heavy weather<\/li><li><strong>Port time<\/strong> is often shorter on the biggest ships, because terminals turn them around fast<\/li><\/ul><p>If you are prone to seasickness, a larger ship on a summer crossing is a good first choice.<\/p><h2>Foire aux questions<\/h2><div class=\"ch-faq\"><h3>How big is a container ship?<\/h3><p>From about 150 metres for small feeder ships to around 400 metres for the largest ultra large container vessels.<\/p><h3>What is the largest container ship in the world?<\/h3><p>The MSC Irina class holds the record at 24,346 TEU, with ships 399.9 metres long and 61.3 metres wide.<\/p><h3>What does TEU stand for?<\/h3><p>Twenty-foot equivalent unit, the capacity of one standard 20-foot container.<\/p><h3>How many containers can a ship carry?<\/h3><p>The largest ships carry over 24,000 TEU, which is roughly 12,000 forty-foot containers.<\/p><h3>How many crew work on a container ship?<\/h3><p>Usually about 20&ndash;30, even on the very largest ships.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"ch-cta\"><strong>Want to see a giant container ship from the inside?<\/strong><p>Book a passenger cabin and watch the ocean from above the container stacks.<\/p><a class=\"ch-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/sinformer-pour-une-croisiere-cargo\/\">Find a container ship voyage &rarr;<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quelle est la taille d'un porte-conteneurs ? D\u00e9couvrez les diff\u00e9rentes tailles de porte-conteneurs, des navires de desserte aux g\u00e9ants de 24 000 EVP, ce que signifie \u00ab EVP \u00bb, combien de conteneurs ils transportent et quelle est la taille de votre cabine.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single3.php","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[356,1030,118],"tags":[360,1294,1475,1476,1477],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99634,"href":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99633\/revisions\/99634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99633"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargoholidays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=99633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}