container ship: Quick Facts

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A large container ship is docked at the port of Veracruz, Mexico, with cranes loading cargo containers onto the vessel and workers and vehicles on the dock.

cranes unloading containers

Port of Seattle

Cargo ship loaded with stacked shipping containers docked beside large red cranes at a container port in Vancouver, British Columbia, with mountains in the background.

The breathtaking journey of a giant container ship

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