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  Port Elizabeth,Port Elizabeth Hotels,Eastern Cape Province,South Africa
Located on the South Eastern coast of Africa, this major sea port and tourist destination is set along the beautiful shores of Algoa Bay, and is fondly referred to as the Friendly Eco-City.
East of Port Elizabeth, Kenton-on-Sea and Port Alfred are pretty little holiday towns, the latter on the mouth of the Kowie River – canoeing trips can be undertaken from Port Alfred to Bathurst, home of The Pig and Whistle, the oldest pub in South Africa (1831).
Proof that Port Elizabeth is a city still impervious to the mad pace of the outside world.
cybercapetown.com /PortElizabeth   (1431 words)

  
  Kherson sea port
Kherson became a significant port of bread-grain export.
At present the Kherson sea commercial port is a modern enterprise being a part of the unified transport complex of Ukraine.
The port is situated on the right bank of the Dnieper, 15 kilometers off the estuary.
www.seaport.kherson.ua /en   (373 words)

  
  History of the Castaway Motel Old Port Authority Lodge and Port Orford, directions
Port Orford is the oldest townsite on the Oregon coast and the western most city in the contiguous United States.
Port Orford was first settled in 1851 and soon became a booming logging town.
Port Orford was known for its beautiful native wood, Port Orford Cedar.
www.castawaybythesea.com /history.html   (750 words)

  
  ::MarCoNi: --DNEPRO-BUGSKY SEA PORT--
Position of the port: Latitude - 46°45'N, Longitude - 31°57'E. It is a mouth port on the left bank of Bugsky Liman (estuary) in the vicinity of the Russkaya Kosa, 10 miles southward from Nikolayev Sea Commercial Port, 32 miles from Black Sea.
Port waters include the water area enclosed between the berthing area, the southern and northern coastal fortification, and the protective dam.
The depth of the port's waters is 11.5 m, and near the berths the maximum possible depth is 11.5 m.
www.marconi.com.ua /dmport_e.html   (819 words)

  
 Sea port - Japan
Ports often have cargo-handling equipment such as cranes (operated by stevedores) and forklifts for use in loading/unloading of ships, which may be provided by private interests or public bodies.
Some ports on a lake, river, or canal have access to a sea or ocean; they are sometimes called "inland ports".
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.
sea-port.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Sea_port   (972 words)

  
 Port of Aktau, Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The main sea gate of Kazakhstan in the Caspian Sea is the port in Aktau city, its basic industrial activity being trans-shipment of cargoes of e.g.
Port Aktau is the multi purposed terminal for handling of container, general and in bulk cargo up to 1,5 mln.
Aktau Commercial Sea Port transported 901.3 thousand tons of cargoes from the beginning of 2005, a 25 per cent increase against the reporting period of 2004, KZ-today reports.
seaport.homestead.com /files/aktau.html   (506 words)

  
  Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ports often have cargo-handling equipment such as cranes (operated by stevedores) 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.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=sea_port   (448 words)

  
 SEA PORT OF AZOV
Sea Port of Azov is situated 15 km away from the river Don’s mouth, on its left bank and has a total area of 65.000 sq.
Through the internal waterway of the European part of Russia, Sea Port of Azov links to the Caspian, Baltic and Aegean seas and through the Azov Sea and the Black Sea it is connected with the Mediterranean Sea.
Sea Port of Azov handles loading and discharging of vessels of the "river-sea" type with cargo capacity of 5.000 tons and vessels for internal river navigation made by the Volga-Don Shipping Company and other river shipping companies of the European part of the Russian Federation.
www.ceebd.co.uk /ceebd/azovport.htm   (278 words)

  
 ::MarCoNi: --Ports--NIKOLAEV COMMERCIAL SEA PORT --   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Port's position: Latitude - 46°56'N;Longitude - 34°57'E. The Port is located in the city of Nikolaev, on the left bank of the bend of Yuzhny Bug river, 35 km upstream from where the river flows into the Dneprovsky Liman (estuary).
The port is connected with the sea by the Bugsko-Dneprovsko-Limansky Channel (BDLC) passing through the Dnepro-Bugsky Liman and Yuzhny Bug river.
Port and channel restrictions are as follows : LOA up to 215 meters, breadth - up to 30 meters and maximum restricted draft - 9.8 meters fw.
www.marconi.com.ua /ports_e.html   (433 words)

  
 Port Antonio Jamaica
In order to ensure that Port Antonio remains a paradise, the community has rallied together to protect the environment and preserve the culture and social fabric for generations to come through a commitment to sustainable tourism.
Port Antonio is the capital of the parish of Portland and was originally settled by the Spaniards.
In Port Antonio you may run into the Ramtullahs and the Singhs (India), the Chungs and the Chins (China) and the Neufvilles and the Petinauds (France) and you can climb a hill to a place called “Shotover” that was once “Chateau Vert”.
www.portantoniotravel.com /about-port-antonio.html   (890 words)

  
 Port Said. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
This resulted in a lack of food for the sardines that were the basis of the Port Said fishing industry, which has since virtually disappeared.
Situated on a narrow peninsula between Lake Manzala and the sea, Port Said was founded in 1859 by the builders of the Suez Canal and named for Said Pasha, then khedive of Egypt.
Port Said came under Israeli attack during the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli Wars.
www.bartleby.com /65/po/PortSaid.html   (278 words)

  
 Sea Port Marine Corporation: Marine & Dock Construction Material Supplier in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Sea Port Marine wants to be your hardware supplier for boat dock parts, pier and dock building supplies.
Sea Port Marine strives to be your one stop marine construction material supplier.
Sea Port has shipped material all over the United States, the West Indies, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and as far away as Malta.
www.seaport-marine.com   (264 words)

  
 Port Canaveral Fishing Charters Deep Sea Fishing Port Canaveral Cocoa Beach Fishing Charter Port Canaveral Charters ...
Port Canaveral Fishing Charters Deep Sea Fishing Port Canaveral Cocoa Beach Fishing Charter Port Canaveral Charters Port Canaveral Fishing Cocoa Beach Fishing Charters
The seas off Cape Canaveral have long been the destination of choice for fishing enthusiasts who yearn for an exciting day of fishing.
Captain Ed and his experienced, professional crew are guides to the area’s most exciting deep sea fishing adventures, and we do it in style aboard the 32 foot Ocean Lady.
www.oceanlady.com   (418 words)

  
 Welcome to Sea Port!
Sea Port Products is excited to introduce a totally immersive pro-seafood initiative….Go Blue!
The leading seafood importer, Sea Port is one of the most recognized and respected names in the seafood industry.
Note: This update status represents the current pricing adjustments of Sea Port Products, and does not necessarily reflect the current market levels of the general seafood industry.
www.cport.net /index.cfm?fuseaction=home   (148 words)

  
 deep sea fishing, charters, reports, fish report
Deep sea fishing trips can be planned by reading our fishing charter and guides message board.
Fishing in on the coast or gulf sea shore can be lots of fun.
Late summer usually means calmer seas, at least in the southern Atlantic states.
www.fishreports.net /deep-sea-fishing.php   (342 words)

  
 UNISHIP SERVICE ::: Description of Berdyansk Commercial Sea Port
The port is situated in the north-eastern part of the bay of Berdyansk and comprises the outward roadstead, the passage canal and Berdyansk harbour.
During a ship's stay at the port, a request will be handed to the dispatcher on duty of the port at least 2 hours before the beginning of the procedure.
With the start of winter-time navigation, vessels heading for the port from the Black Sea or those departing from the port must be supplied with fuel, water and provisions to last no shorter than 10 days.
www.uniship.com.ua /e_port.htm   (1240 words)

  
 Association of Ports of Ukraine - Yevpatoria Merchant Sea port
Yevpatoria merchant sea port is a state enterprise administered by the Ministry of Transport of the Ukraine.
Port Yevpatoria territory covers an area of 6.6 ha., along with 1.9 ha in the cargo area of Donuzlav.
The nearest railway station is 4 km from the port.
www.ukrport.org.ua /p-evpator-e.htm   (216 words)

  
 Association of Ports of Ukraine - Mariupol Merchant Sea port
The creation of Port Mariupol was a logical event in the impetuous industrial development of Southern Russia in the second half of the 19th century.
The port is situated 180 km, by land, from the big, industrial, Russian city of Rostov, which explains why about 50 per cent of all cargo handled by it is Russian.
The port’s territory comprises 67,6 ha.; and the total length of its berthage is 3,2 km.
www.ukrport.org.ua /p-mar-e.htm   (521 words)

  
 The St. Petersburg Times - Top Stories - Strike Virtually Closes City Port
Local harbor pilots brought sea traffic into St. Petersburg's port to a standstill on Wednesday by initiating a work action in protest of a federal government decision to ban private pilot services in three major northern seaports.
Port management has hired 19 state pilots since Wednesday, including one of the 107 commercial pilots who are on strike.
According to Makeyev, pilots at the Far Eastern ports of Nikolayevsk-na-Amurye and Nakhodka declared a "pre-strike condition" on Thursday in sympathy with the St. Petersburg action.
www.sptimes.ru /index.php?action_id=2&story_id=5036   (913 words)

  
 CNN.com - 1,000 ferry passengers missing in Red Sea - Feb 3, 2006
SAFAGA, Egypt (CNN) -- Distraught relatives kept vigil near the port of Safaga Saturday, waiting to find out whether their loved ones were among more than 340 people who survived after an Egyptian ferry sank in the Red Sea with about 1,400 people on board.
Seas were high at the time and the weather was bad, according to Mansour.
However, some of the survivors who were taken to Hurghada, off Egypt's north-central Red Sea coast, reported to CNN that there was a fire on board before the ship sank with its cargo of passengers and freight.
www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/meast/02/03/egypt.ship/index.html   (702 words)

  
 Azov Sea Port - Port Development           
As a part of the third stage of the investment program in the JSC «Azov sea port» the construction of specialized container terminal is being finished at the moment.
Container service and repair base is situated on a small distance from the territory of the port and connected with it by the motorway and the branch line.
In parallel with Port extension reconstruction of the existing workshops and construction of a new Main Gate Lodge are in progress.
www.azovseaport.ru /english/company/development.htm   (978 words)

  
 Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
In the deep sea hub ports, containers are loaded and unloaded between large ships and smaller vessels, which operate at a regional level.
The port handles 9,000 containers a day, and has little room for expansion, while Colombia's foreign trade is growing at a rate of seven percent a year, according to official figures.
If the deep sea port facilities are built, many baby whales will die in collisions with ships as maritime traffic expands.
www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=35591   (1276 words)

  
 The port of Claudius
The new port was aimed to meet the increased needs of the city of Rome, which used the inadequately-sized river port at Ostia and the distant port of Pozzuoli during the Republican age.
A large signalling light was placed at the entrance to the port, founded on a large sunken ship that had been used to transport the Vatican Circus obelisk to Rome, on Caligula’s orders: the ship was brought to its final destination, sunk and used as a mould for the underwater foundations of the lighthouse.
A technique that was described by Vitruvius, well-known in ancient times, was used to build the sea wharf: wooden moulds were built, anchored to the sea bed using vertical stanchions, which were filled with concrete and which formed the core of the wharf structure.
www.adr.it /content.asp?L=3&idMen=707   (677 words)

  
 Sharjah Sea Port | Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority |
The first major port of call within the Arabian Gulf is Port Khalid, on the West Coast of Sharjah, one of the most advanced ports in the region.
In addition to being one of the most efficient and flexible ports in the region, SCT is cost effective.
The only natural deepwater port in the Middle East, KCT is located on the east coast of the Emirate of Sharjah, close to the main east-west shipping routes and outside the sensitive Straits of Hormuz.
www.sharjah-welcome.com /html/bt_shseaport.htm   (703 words)

  
 Road Traffic Technology - Dublin Sea Port Tunnel
Dublin Sea Port, which currently handles two-thirds of all Ireland's seaport trade by value, sees over two million trucks and 300,000 cars travel in and out of the port each year.
The Dublin Port Tunnel runs from M1/M50 Coolock Lane Interchange and is being constructed as a bored tunnel in two directions from Collins Avenue, Whitehall.
The launching point for the two TBMs that are drilling the majority of the Dublin Port Tunnel, the shaft is 33m deep, 56.6m in diameter and has walls 1.6m thick.
www.roadtraffic-technology.com /projects/dublin_sea   (924 words)

  
 Too many wharves, not enough rail lines
Laem Chabang port faces a likely oversupply position once four terminals launch operations this year while demand remains tepid, with only a slight growth in the number of containers passing through the port.
Although the deep-sea port on the Chon Buri coast can handle giant vessels, trading companies are still reluctant to use it since the railway that would facilitate land shipment of goods at lower cost is unfinished.
To compete with deep-sea ports in other countries such as Malaysia and Vietnam, the terminal operators should do whatever is necessary to attract cargo ships to pick up and deliver freight at Laem Chabang, especially those from southern China, Chalermkiat said.
www.nationmultimedia.com /2007/01/15/business/business_30024126.php   (707 words)

  
 Polska - Volvo Penta : 2002 - tugboatsukraine2002
Sea trials have been successful and the specified targets for thrust were exceeded.
The thrust was a full 46.5 tons, compared with the planned 45 tons; speed was as expected, and the mufflers and starting-air tank met specifications as well as the fire pump.
Tugboat 802 will now be delivered to the shipowner, Feodosia Sea Port on the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea.
www.volvo.com /volvopenta/poland/pl-pl/newsmedia/pressreleases/2002/tugboatsukraine2002.htm   (355 words)

  
 The St. Petersburg Times - Business - Sea Port Dockers To Hold Strike ‘Indefinitely’
Locked in a 10-year dispute over rights, dockers at St. Petersburg Sea Port will begin an indefinite strike starting August 30, in the process causing million-dollar losses to a metals firm that represents one of the port’s core shareholders.
Irina Krikun, spokeswoman for the port, said the dockers’ demanded conditions were “impossible to meet in the market economy as they owe their origin from the Soviet era.” Krikun added over the telephone that the dockers
She admitted that the indefinite strike would cause massive losses to the port.
www.sptimes.ru /index.php?action_id=2&story_id=453   (544 words)

  
 Youghal Urban District Council - Sea Port Page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The significance of the town as a port has meant that it has relied on the sea for trade, defence and as a means of earning a living.
Youghal was one of the busiest medieval ports in the south of Ireland and continued to be important until the 19th century.
The port continued to be very busy in the 18th century when, amongst its regular trade, it victualled English ships en route to the Grand Banks fisheries off Newfoundland.
www.xpandomedia.ie /seaport.html   (595 words)

  
 Deep-Sea Port Location is Big Question As Harper Heads to Arctic - Business - RedOrbit   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The port is the subject of furious lobbying and politicking in Nunavut, and people will be listening closely for any hints about where it might be located.
From a military perspective, a port could serve as a base for new navy vessels promised by Harper to patrol the northern seas and guard Canada's sovereignty.
Melting glaciers and rising sea levels are threatening communities and wildlife in the region.
www.redorbit.com /news/business/611088/deepsea_port_location_is_big_question_as_harper_heads_to/index.html   (583 words)

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