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  Articles - Port   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ports often have cargo-handling equipment such as cranes and forklifts for use in loading/unloading of ships, which may be provided by private interests or public bodies.
A ´´fishing port´´ is a type of port or harbor facility particularly suitable for landing and distributing fish.
A ´´dry port´´ is a term sometimes used to describe a yard used to place containers or conventional bulk cargo, usually connected to a seaport by rail or road.
www.seekj.com /articles/Port   (337 words)

  
 Valparaíso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The golden age of Valparaíso's commerce ended after the opening of the Panama Canal, as most ships sought to avoid the Strait of Magellan, and the port's importance and use was reduced substantially.
Though San Antonio has taken the reins as the country's most comercially important seaport the City of Valparaiso remains a vibrant center of Chilean culture, and Gran Valparaíso, Chile (which includes Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Quilpué and Villa Alemana) has the third largest concentration of population in the country, after Gran Concepcion, and Gran Santiago.
In addition, roads to link Valparaiso to San Antonio, Chile's second largest port, and the coastal towns in between (Laguna Verde, Quintay, Algarrobo, and Isla Negra, for example), are also under various degrees of completion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valparaiso   (935 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Port Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A Port is a facility at the edge of an ocean, river, or lake for receiving ships and transferring cargo and persons to them.
A river port is a major facility in a city, for the loading, unloading, and movement of cargo to and from cargo ships.
Critical to the functioning of seaports and river ports are:
www.ipedia.com /port.html   (275 words)

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