How much does a container ship weigh?

Typical weight

199,600 t

That is 440,000,000 lb, or 200,000,000 kg.

An ultra-large container vessel in the class of Ever Given, carrying over 20,000 twenty-foot containers.

Deadweight tonnage — the cargo, fuel and stores it can carry, not the weight of the ship itself.

How that compares

Container ship against things of a similar mass.

Empire State Building 331,000 t

Millau Viaduct 290,000 t

Container ship 199,600 t

CN Tower 117,900 t

Cruise ship 90,000–120,000 t

Aircraft carrier 101,600–106,300 t

Washington Monument 82,420 t

Statue of Unity 67,000 t

How much does a container ship weigh?: A container ship weighs 199,600 t (440,000,000 lb). Deadweight tonnage — the cargo, fuel and stores it can carry, not the weight of the ship itself.