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How Shipping Containers Control Global Trade

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March 26, 2024

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Container shipping is responsible for moving 90% of the world’s goods, according to the World Economic Forum. But, if shipping containers aren’t at the right place at the right time, the global supply chain may face serious problems. It could result in high inflation, shortages of key materials and products as well as revenue losses to large and small businesses alike. At the same time, over 95% of shipping container manufacturing is happening in the nation that leads the world in exports — China, according to the Federal Maritime Commission. Here’s how shipping containers can save, or cripple, the global economy.

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Produced and Edited by: Andrea Miller

Additional Reporting By: Lori Ann LaRocco

Animation: Jason Reginato

Supervising Producer: Lindsey Jacobson

Additional Footage: Getty Images, Maersk Line/Wikipedia C.C.

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