Containerized

/kənˈteɪnərˌaɪzd/ adjective

Definition

Packed, shipped, or transported using standardized containers; organized within the containerization system.

Etymology

The past participle/adjective form of 'containerize,' created by adding '-ed'. This form is used to describe cargo or shipping systems that employ standardized containers.

Kelly Says

A 'containerized ship' can carry 20,000 containers in a single voyage—that's so much cargo concentrated in one vessel that it fundamentally changed global economics, making distant manufacturing competitive with local production.

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