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Double The Tugs: Seattle Welcomes Biggest Ever Container Ship

caption: The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, the largest container ship to ever make port in North America, unloads its cargo in the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015.
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The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, the largest container ship to ever make port in North America, unloads its cargo in the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015.
Scott Varley/ The Daily Breeze via AP, Pool

Bill Radke speaks with Scott Merritt of Foss Maritime about handling the biggest container ship ever to arrive in the Port of Seattle. Radke also talks with economics reporter Jon Talton about what the Benjamin Franklin represents for the future of container shipping.

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