Shipping accounts for 90% of world trade.

The largest ships can cost over $300 million to construct.

Worldwide, only 2% to 10% of containers are inspected.

It's a greener form of transport compared to planes and trucks.

The average costs of shipping a bicycle and a can of soda are $10 and $0.01 respectively.

The average annual salary of a maritime worker ranges from $45,000 to $65,000.

At any given time, there are about 20 million containers making their journey across the seas.

A container ship's engine is 1,000 times more powerful than that of a family car.

The biggest container ships can hold up to 1.1 billion bananas in 24,000 containers.

Large container ships can fit up to 11,000 containers of cargo.

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