This document discusses the benefits of global trade and containership transportation over the past several decades. It notes that container capacity has increased over 42,990% since 1956, with a compound annual growth rate of 9.7%. The development of standardized shipping containers by Malcom McLean in the 1950s allowed for a 95% reduction in transportation costs. Current containerships can carry over 23,992 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) and travel 90 miles in a single day. There are now over 20 million shipping containers traveling globally by ship, with around 90% having been on a ship at some point. The document outlines several theoretical, moral, political, and empirical cases supporting the benefits of international trade.