{"id":10480,"date":"2025-09-30T03:10:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T03:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/?page_id=10480"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:52:04","slug":"boats-cranes-trucks-and-trains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/boats-cranes-trucks-and-trains\/","title":{"rendered":"Boats, Cranes, Trucks, and Trains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--intro-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--intro-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          USC Sea Grant&#8217;s New Children&#8217;s Book\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>USC Sea Grant is excited to share our new children&#8217;s picture book featuring two shipping container friends, Connie and Connor, and their adventure around the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          About the Book\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Follow container friends, Connie and Conner, on a typical container route, beginning by ship from Taiwan to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, to Chicago by train, and back around the world to Taiwan. 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