Last month, the two largest container ships calling on North America returned to the Port of Los Angeles. The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin and the Maersk Edmonton first visited the port from Asia late last year. Referred to as megaships, the vessels can carry 18,000 containers and are about one-third larger than what previously were considered the biggest container ships calling on Southern California ports. BNSF Railway Co. moved thousands of the containers unloaded from the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin during its two L.A. stops. The megaships' emergence at West Coast ports will help the railroad build international container volume, says Fred Malesa, BNSF's vice president of international intermodal.
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