Sentences with phrase «large shipping port»

And the 6th largest shipping port in North America is in Tacoma, making the city a major player in the wave of economic globalization.

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Known for thriving shipbuilding, seafood and tourism industries, the state has one of the world's largest shipping ports at the Port of South Louisiana.

The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports.

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It's also a natural deep water port and houses the largest naval fleet in the world, as well as the only major submarine and ship building yards in the U.S.. On top of that, it's becoming a center for the biotech industry and has a growing startup scene.

It launched in the Seychelles in 2015, and because it's an expedition ship, it can navigate smaller ports that larger vessels can't access.

The Port of Chicago is one of the nation's largest inland cargo ports, and the city is the world's third - largest handler of shipping containers (after Singapore and Hong Kong).

The ship will be the largest to home port year - round in Miami, carrying 4,200 guests to tropical Caribbean destinations including St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Tortola, British Virgin Islands and Nassau, Bahamas.

«We are deepening the sea so as to accommodate more ships trooping to the port; because we want the Takoradi port to be a preferred destination within the sub-region where investors can bring in large consignments as a hub,» Capt Afedzi added.

Officials are already announcing plans to welcome what they say will be the largest number of such ships in Buffalo since the days when the city was a critical shipping port.

Besides at its height, the dangerous region was very large as the speed boats usually docked with ocean - going support ships instead of the land ports; extending the effective range (and requiring a greater capital investment by the pirates to pay off).

The ship traffic in the Adriatic is growing, and some of the largest ports, such as Trieste, Koper, and Rijeka, are all in the north.

Hybrid Tug Tugboats may look like something out of another era, but they play an essential role in ocean shipping as they push, pull, and prod large vessels into (and back out of) the tight quarters of a port.

The key shipping ports of Dampier, Cape Lambert and Port Hedland, the world's largest iron ore export terminal, bore the brunt of the storm after clearing dozens of iron ore freighters and evacuating staff over the weekend.

Even at noon on this otherwise sunny day, the sky was blanketed in hazy toxic smog from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the entry points for more than half of the goods shipped into the United States and the largest source of air pollution in California.

In every direction, in the coal fields northwest of Brisbane, the world's largest producers are preparing to expand their mines, rails and ports so they can ship billions of tons of coal to East Asia and India.

It is the islands third largest port, famous as a shipping point for bananas and coconuts, as well as one of its most important tourist attractions, tourism being a major contributor to the towns economy.

The port developed in the 16 century and, along with the shipyards lower down the river, was amongst the worlds largest shipbuilding and ship - repairing centers.

The city developed an airport and its shipping ports became the world's largest for the time.

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.

Compared to other cities in Finland, Mariehamn offers tranquillity to tourists who visit, and it was once the home of the world's largest oceanic sailing ships fleet and also called as «port of the last windjammers.»

In 2016, more than 850,000 visitors to Galveston Island boarded cruise ships at the Port of Galveston, fourth largest cruise port in the U.S., a number that is expected to increase by 10 % this year.

Sanya's Phoenix International Airport is the second largest on Hainan Island, with daily domestic and international flights, while Sanya harbour has become an important port for deluxe passenger ships and foreign trade.

All three ships have expansive teak decks, swimming pools, informal dining, a convivial Tropical Bar on deck and a comfortable piano bar and are large enough to offer first class accommodation and dining, but small enough to call into intimate ports, untouched by large cruise ships.

St. Thomas is moving ahead with plans to build a new pier at the Havensight cruise terminal, which would enable the port to accommodate more ships, including the industry's largest ships.

Known as one of the leading resort and commercial centers on the Baja peninsula, Ensenada also boasts a protected harbor with modern port facilities — home to visiting cruise ships and a large sport fishing fleet.

The port is designed to accommodate six large international cruise ships, with an anticipated capacity of 500,000...

[208] The first cruise ship to call the port home was the Holiday, which left the city in November 2009 so that a larger and newer ship could take its place.

The original wharf was built to serve the new farmers on the Oxnard Plain and became the largest grain - shipping port south of San Francisco.

A unique feature of the resort is that the 12 large pool and spa villas were originally traditional timber houses in the Vietnamese port city of Hoi An, shipped to the island of Phu Quoc and rebuilt as luxury holiday accommodation.

Panamá is the third largest cruise destination in the region with a total of 277 cruise ships docking at its ports last season, bringing around 429,000 passengers.

The world's largest and most innovative cruise ship will offer a series of cruises from the Spanish port — two five - night roundtrip Western Mediterranean sailings and a seven - night sailing to Rotterdam — before heading to dry - dock in the Képpel Verolme shipyard in the Netherlands for routine maintenance.

River cruises will take you to ports larger ships simply can't access.

Carnival Dream will launch four - and five - day cruises to Mexico year - round from Galveston beginning in May 2019, becoming the newest and largest Carnival ship to operate a short cruise program from that port, Carnival said.

Informal and friendly atmosphere, great cuisine and superb island hopping itineraries that truly explore a destination, accessing ports and marinas that are beyond the reach of large cruise ships.

The unique and stylish yachts of Variety Cruises, offer a winning formula of an informal and friendly atmosphere, great cuisine and superb island hopping itineraries that truly explore a destination, accessing ports and marinas that are beyond the reach of large cruise ships.

It is especially useful when sailing out of the southern ports such as Port of Los Angeles where large ships are in great abundance.

The well appointed ship brings guests to beautiful ports the larger ships can't access.

It's a large port and everything moves: ships and cranes float, and you have the ceaseless feeling that all things are in perpetual motion» (Renzo Piano on La Stampa, March 13, 2015)

After a visit to Le Havre, a major European harbor and second largest port authority in France, he became fascinated by the large sea ships he saw.

However, after a visit to Le Havre, a major European harbor and second largest port authority in France, he became fascinated by the large sea ships he saw there and is now most known for his work on this subject.

The Galata Museo del Mare in Genoa is a large maritime museum, located in the city's old port, whose exhibition features over 4.000 objects, including ships

Large investments are being made in the pipelines, ships and ports required to transport it.

To keep them fishing there for as long as possible, large carrier ships are sent out to resupply them with fuel and provisions and to collect the catch, which is frozen on board and brought back to port.»

The Port of Miami is the world's largest cruise ship port.

The city developed an airport and its shipping ports became the world's largest for the time.

Large port cities, where cars can be «chopped», have their identification numbers and tags removed, and put onto ships destined for foreign countries have far higher car theft rates than cities that are landlocked and have smaller populations where everyone tends to know one another.

Its port facilities are the largest on the eastern seaboard of the United States and it is the key shipping container facility for this region.

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.

Costa Hollywood is close to the 2.5 - mile Hollywood Boardwalk, malls, parks, horse racing, a casino and a large cruise ship port.