Accounting Quote by Ban Ki-moon

Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.

— Irwin Redlener

Last year, customs officials screened only five percent of the 11 million cargo containers entering the United States. That rate is both unacceptable and…

— Allyson Schwartz

Although Customs and Border Protection analyzes cargo and other information to target specific shipments for closer inspection, it still physically inspects only a small…

— Mike Fitzpatrick

“In 1961, before the container was in international use, ocean freight costs alone accounted for 12 percent of the value of U.S. exports and…

— Marc Levinson

Today, barely 5 percent of all containers coming into the United States through our ports are scanned.

— Alcee Hastings

Trade carried by sea has grown fourfold since 1970 and is still growing. In 2011, the 360 commercial ports of the United States took…

— Rose George

“The container is at the core of a highly automated system for moving goods from anywhere, to anywhere, with a minimum of cost and…

— Marc Levinson

There are more than one hundred thousand ships at sea carrying all the solids, liquids and gases that we need to live.

— Rose George

The shipping industry plays a fundamental role in boosting global trade and prosperity. Maritime leaders have rightly recognised the need to invest in more…

— Barry Gardiner

The biggest container ship can carry fifteen thousand boxes. It can hold 746 million bananas, one for every European, on one ship.

— Rose George

Ninety percent of what we wear, we eat, we consume is carried by ships... Container ships carry a vast amount of stuff.

— Rose George

We are the world's biggest importer. We need to treat the other countries as good suppliers.

— Wilbur Ross