Sentences with phrase «busiest shipping ports»
Since 2001, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the nation's two busiest shipping ports — have offered financial incentives to shippers that voluntarily reduce their speeds to 14 mph.
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Best known as the world center of movie - making, LA is also a center for shipping (its port and adjacent Long Beach make up the fifth busiest port in the world).
As a hub for local Asian shipping and global transport, this island city - state is not just the world's busiest port, it's also at the greatest risk of invasion by non-native species.
This information has proven critical in addressing the emerging problem of ships striking blue whales, and has informed the management of ship traffic to and from the busy ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to mitigate this problem.
The busy port, with many shipping movements each day, is also one of the world's largest natural harbours and is full of wildlife, much of which is visible in the marshes and mudflats and on Brownsea island inside the harbour.
After sailing through the busy port and getting my closest look yet at the huge container ships that dock outside of Singapore, underdeveloped St John's Island felt a world away from the... Read more about St John's Island.
When the port is busy, some cruise ships tender their passengers to the pier.
Scripps's murrelet is mainly threatened by oil spills, as much of its population lives near the busy shipping lanes connecting Los Angeles to other ports.
Far below is an ongoing parade of sail boats, Ocean liners and cargo ships coming and arriving into the busy port of Oakland.
Stingray City Sandbar can get quite busy especially when there are a lot of cruise ships in port.
When the port is extremely busy, ships drop anchor in the harbor and guests are tendered ashore to Little Pier, right in Philipsburg.
The port is also the busiest cruise - ship harbor in the West Indies.
Because of the city's location and culture, its main industries are tourism; entertainment; oil / gas and related industries; large scale manufacturing of ships, boats, and airplanes; and of course, its port which is one of the country's largest and busiest.
The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports.
Port Isaac was a busy coastal port from the Middle Ages to the mid 19th century, where cargoes like slate, coal and timber were shipped in and out.