ship facts – Cargo Ship Travel & Freighter Cruises | CargoHolidays https://cargoholidays.com Discover currently available cargo ship voyages, freighter cruises, passenger routes, prices and practical booking advice for 2026 and 2027. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:20:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.19 How Do Ship Anchors Work? Anchors, Chains and Anchoring Explained https://cargoholidays.com/how-do-ship-anchors-work Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:20:46 +0000 https://cargoholidays.com/?p=100066 Last updated: 26 October 2026 · By Steve Joury, cargo trip advisor at CargoHolidays A ship’s anchor works by digging into the seabed while the heavy chain lies along the bottom, absorbing the pull from wind and current. On big cargo ships, each anchor can weigh 10 to 30 tonnes. Here’s how anchoring really works. […]

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]]> How Big Is a Cargo Ship Engine? Inside the World’s Largest Engines https://cargoholidays.com/cargo-ship-engine Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:13:38 +0000 https://cargoholidays.com/?p=100048 Last updated: 26 October 2026 · By Steve Joury, cargo trip advisor at CargoHolidays A large cargo ship engine can be as tall as a three- or four-storey building and produce tens of megawatts – the biggest marine diesels reach around 80 MW, or over 100,000 horsepower. These slow-speed giants turn the propeller directly. Here’s […]

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]]> How Much Does a Cargo Ship Weigh? Tonnage Explained https://cargoholidays.com/how-much-does-a-cargo-ship-weigh Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:12:30 +0000 https://cargoholidays.com/?p=100042 Last updated: 26 October 2026 · By Steve Joury, cargo trip advisor at CargoHolidays A large cargo ship can weigh well over 200,000 tonnes when fully loaded; the biggest container ships and oil tankers are among the heaviest moving objects people have built. But ‘weight’ in shipping has several meanings. Here’s how ship tonnage works, […]

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]]> How Many Containers Fit on a Ship? From Feeders to Mega-Ships https://cargoholidays.com/how-many-containers-fit-on-a-ship Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:35:13 +0000 https://cargoholidays.com/how-many-containers-fit-on-a-ship How many containers fit on a ship? From 1,000 TEU feeders to 24,000+ TEU mega-ships, what a TEU is, how containers are stacked, and the biggest ships today.

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]]> How Fast Do Container Ships Go? Speeds, Knots and Slow Steaming https://cargoholidays.com/how-fast-do-container-ships-go Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:34:54 +0000 https://cargoholidays.com/how-fast-do-container-ships-go How fast do container ships go? Typical speeds in knots and mph, why ships slow steam, top speeds, how speed affects fuel use, and how long voyages take.

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]]> How Much Fuel Does a Container Ship Use? Consumption and Costs https://cargoholidays.com/how-much-fuel-does-a-container-ship-use Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:33:06 +0000 https://cargoholidays.com/how-much-fuel-does-a-container-ship-use How much fuel a container ship uses: tonnes per day at different speeds, cost of a voyage, slow steaming, LNG and methanol ships, and fuel per container.

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]]> What Is a Bulk Carrier? Types, Sizes and What They Carry https://cargoholidays.com/what-is-a-bulk-carrier Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:32:26 +0000 https://cargoholidays.com/what-is-a-bulk-carrier What is a bulk carrier? How bulk ships carry iron ore, coal, grain and more, the Handysize, Supramax, Panamax and Capesize classes, and how they compare.

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]]> What Is a Ro-Ro Ship? Roll-On Roll-Off Vessels Explained https://cargoholidays.com/what-is-a-ro-ro-ship Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:30:37 +0000 https://cargoholidays.com/what-is-a-ro-ro-ship What is a ro-ro ship? How roll-on roll-off vessels and car carriers work, types of ro-ro, ro-ro vs container shipping for cars, and travelling on one.

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]]> The Largest Ports in the World: Top 10 Container Ports (2026) https://cargoholidays.com/largest-ports-in-the-world Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:28:36 +0000 https://cargoholidays.com/largest-ports-in-the-world The largest ports in the world ranked by container traffic: Shanghai, Singapore, Ningbo-Zhoushan, Shenzhen and more, plus Europe's biggest ports and the UK's.

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]]> The Biggest Ships in the World (2026): Container Ships, Cruise Ships, Tankers and More https://cargoholidays.com/biggest-ships-in-the-world Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:53:17 +0000 https://cargoholidays.com/biggest-ships-in-the-world The biggest ships in the world in 2026: the largest container ships, cruise ships, tankers and floating giants, with their length, capacity and records.

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