Ha, in the late 90s/early 00s, there was some buzz in Germany about building a huge freight airship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CargoLifter https://en.wikipe

Ha, in the late 90s/early 00s, there was some buzz in Germany about building a huge freight airship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CargoLifter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CargoLifter They went bankrupt, which is kinda sad. It had a designed lift capacity of 160t, so could theoretically lift several containers at once, given the right harness. (Of course I have no idea if it would be have been practical to use it to unload the containers, but the idea is certainly intriguing).