{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"feeder ship","description":"The feeder ship enters the picture wherever mainline vessels are too large or too deep-drafted to call: it collects containers from smaller or regional ports and delivers them to a major hub terminal for transhipment onto deep-sea carriers. Typical capacities range from 1,000 to 5,000 TEU, and vessels operate on fixed shuttle schedules—connecting Baltic or North Sea ports to Rotterdam, for instance, or Mediterranean outports to large transhipment hubs. This hub-and-spoke arrangement lets carrier","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/feeder-ship","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-26T18:14:28.611773","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeder_ship","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/feeder-ship","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"feeder ship · The feeder ship enters the picture wherever mainline vessels are too large or too deep-drafted to call: it collects containers from smaller or regional ports and delivers them to a major hub terminal for transhipment onto deep-sea carriers. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeder_ship"}