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Shipping containers have a great impact on our daily lives, but what do you really know about them?
There are currently over 17 million shipping containers in the world. In total, they make around 200 million trips a year.
As of 2010, Shanghai China was the busiest container port in the world. 29,069,000 containers passed through the port annually. That converts to an astounding 3,318 hourly!
Los Angeles processes 6,500,000 annually, ranking #1 in the United States.
It's estimated that there are 10,000 shipping containers lost at sea every year. That's almost one container every hour!
Waiting for the boxes
Shipping containers have a great impact on our daily lives, but what do you really know about them?
There are currently over 17 million shipping containers in the world. In total, they make around 200 million trips a year.
As of 2010, Shanghai China was the busiest container port in the world. 29,069,000 containers passed through the port annually. That converts to an astounding 3,318 hourly!
Los Angeles processes 6,500,000 annually, ranking #1 in the United States.
It's estimated that there are 10,000 shipping containers lost at sea every year. That's almost one container every hour!