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How stuff gets from a factory to your door

A tiny world you can click. Follow a shipping container from a factory in Asia, by truck to the port, across the ocean and through a canal, then by train and truck to a warehouse and the last van ride to a front door.

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Nov 9, 2026 · Sources: UNCTAD, AAR, ATA

Facts from UNCTAD, the Association of American Railroads, the American Trucking Associations and others. Toy model, not to scale.

Stacking the containers…