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Container Shipping

16 Sep

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I spent some time in the Port of Los Angeles recently shooting shipping containers.

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These giant boxes are fascinating, they get loaded up at the manufacturer and can be carried by truck, boat, or train anywhere in the world, and only need to be unpacked at their final destination.

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The Port of Los Angeles is the largest container port in North America and handles tens of thousands of these containers daily.

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After coming off of a ship, they are put on trucks for local delivery, or put on trains and shipped by land anywhere in North America.

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