Abstract: In the process of shipping international TEU cargo of various weights,container ships are affected by bad weather,wind and waves and other external factors,and produces violent swaying motion. Therefore,it is necessary to adjust the floating state to reduce the impact of wind and waves. At the same time,container ships have additional economic requirements for energy efficiency while floating state adjustment and optimization can reduce losses. This paper summarizes the current status of floating state adjustment technology of container ships,combined with the analysis of a typical loading condition data of a 10 000 TEU container ship and a 12 000 TEU container ship,and puts forward the development space of intelligent floating state adjustment technology in container ships.This paper also forecasts the development trend of intelligent floating state adjustment technology based on container ships.