Together, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handle one-third of the 25m-odd containers shipped to America every year.

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Six of the world's 10 busiest ports are located in China, when measured in terms of cargo shipped in standard containers, or TEUs (20-foot equivalent units).

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GDP, and the west-coast ports carry over half of the cargo that is shipped in and out of America in containers.

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The bananas travel in refrigerated containers from rural farms to urban sea ports in Central America, where they are shipped to the United States.

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