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Megaships Changing Container Shipping Industry

The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, the largest container ship ever to call at a North American port, unloads its cargo at the Port of Los Angeles on December 26. (Scott Varley / Associated Press)

The largest container ship ever to dock at a North American port is now at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. It carries nearly a third more cargo that the largest ships that currently dock at the San Pedro Bay ports. Currently, the average container ship being built is nearly three times the size of the average container ships a decade ago.

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