Every day, containers of consumer goods and raw materials are hauled on trucks and trains, stacked by the thousands onto freighters and ferried on ships from port to port across the globe. (The U.S. features four ports ranked in the Top 50 largest in the world.)

For the complete list of the world's 50 biggest ports and graphic, see — Interactive: The 50 Largest Ports in the World

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