Located on a peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture in central Japan, Miura City developed as a military port on the Pacific and a harbour providing shelter to passing ships.

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One place considered a potential investment opportunity is Vladivostok, Russia's largest port city, seen as a commercial backwater for decades.

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But after a fine run to the final in the Dutch port city, Soderling claimed his fifth ATP Tour title as Zouzhny was forced to quit with a wrist injury.

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Some 200 international cruise lines now visit the port, and three more are adding the city as a stop in 2013.

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The ship will remain in the city state's downtown Port Rashid facility to serve as a tourist magnet alongside a proposed maritime museum and an expanding cruise ship terminal complex, officials said Monday.

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As a city in its own right, Townsville thrives on trade - the official port for much of the surrounding agriculture and mining.

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Mr Chirac told Mr Perrin he had spent several happy months as a young man in New Orleans, looking into the economics of the city's port.

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The snow prompted city officials in the port city of Valdez to close the three local schools on Thursday and Friday, as a precaution against collapses.

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