Vehicles · #160 biggest of 1,014
How big is a container ship?
400 m
A container ship measures 400 m. That's about 3.81 soccer fields lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 400 meters, or about 1,312 feet.
- It's about 235 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 3.81 soccer fields could line up across it.
- At a normal walking pace you'd cross it in about 286 seconds.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #160 by size.
Size comparison
How container ship stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Jin Mao Tower
421 m
Princess Tower
413 m
Al Hamra Tower
413 m
Two International Finance Centre
412 m
container ship
400 m
Empire State Building
381 m
Bank of America Tower
366 m
cruise ship
360 m
Aon Center
346 m
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
Standing beside it, an average person (1.7 m tall) would reach only about 0.425% of its height.
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