The shipping industry includes tug boats, container ships, and bulk barges which transport goods all over the world. Shipping is an efficient menas of moving large quantities of cargo over great distances. Here in Whatcom County, we receive shipments and send out goods using the Puget Sound as a transportation network. Learn more about the shipping industry from the links below.

• There are over 4,000 container ships afloat around the world. -shipsandboxes.com
• A large fully-laden container ship can weigh the equivalent of 300 jumbo jets. -shipsandboxes.com
• The international shipping industry carries 90% of world trade. -marisec.org
• Many container ships can comfortably carry over 8,000 containers. The largest container ships can carry up to 11,000 containers. -shipsandboxes.com

• Types of ships
• Container shipping facts and figures
• Maritime Industry Foundation Knowledge Centre
• Information about carriers
• Port industry statistics