Sentences with phrase «new industrial port»

But the future of this remarkable place, known as The Meeting of Waters (or Encontro das à guas) is being called into question by a new industrial port which threatens to pollute the rivers and disrupt wildlife — prompting environmentalists to rise in its defense.The Meeting of Waters marks the spot where the brown, murky waters of the Solimões mixes with the dark torrent of the Rio Negro near the northern capital of Manuas, converging to form the Amazon river proper.

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To capitalize on the growth in international trade made possible by the port expansion, more than 9million square feet of new industrial space has been delivered to the market in the last three years.

Outlining some of the initiatives to bring the industrial city back to life, he said the government had initiated a $ 1.5 - billion port expansion project which would create 3,000 new direct jobs.

States up and down the Atlantic coast are rushing to become the capital of America's burgeoning offshore wind industry, hoping the massive turbines will breathe new life into ports mired by a shrinking fishing industry and a flagging industrial base.

The new rule will come into play within the next four years and cruise ships will have to use the less appealing industrial port of Marghera which is not convenient for a day trip to Venice.

The story of Pier 34, on the Hudson River at Canal Street in Manhattan, traces a kind of poem of empire: Built in 1932, when New York was a busy port, it would then have been a meaningful source of employment for the working class of the city's industrial and maritime age.

In hopes of making industrial shipping more profitable in the remote region, the construction of a new port has been proposed along the rivers» edge, stirring ire among environmentalists who fear it could blemish this important natural treasure.

The industrial «backyard» east of the city is home to the Port Newark - Elizabeth Marine Terminal, one of the busiest ports in the world, as well as Bayway Refinery, a major are employer producing 230,000 barrels of petroleum - based products per day for New York and New Jersey consumers.

Miami's industrial market, currently enjoying record low vacancy of about 4.5 percent, is attracting more powerful investors who want to buy in as demand overwhelms supply and new Panamax - sized ships pull up to the newly expanded port...

As the $ 5 billion expansion of the Panama Canal passed its one - year anniversary in late June, the industrial real estate market surrounding ports in the U.S. heated up with East Coast and Gulf Coast ports seeing the biggest boost, according to a new report from JLL.