This was once the entrance to a major port after the Phoenicians settled here in 654 BC.
Dubai has also become a major port of call for the U.S. Navy.
And if he turned out to be Congo-Brazzaville's kingmaker, he would have great influence in an oil-rich country with a major port on the Atlantic coast.
It plans to open an assembly plant in Qingdao, a major port in northern China and the site of the 2008 Olympic sailing regatta, to customize yachts for China's market.
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Kennedy International Airport's Terminal 4, a major port of entry into the U.S., there were an average of 48 passengers arriving each day in the 12 months ending this April.
That is despite the ravages wrought by hurricanes in August and September, which not only destroyed a major port city but closed down a big chunk of the energy industry.
Each major port has a recreation room and kitchen sponsored by a local and national religious organization which give foreign seaman a place to relax and make phone calls home.
According to data collected by Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Atlanta is located within a two-hour flight of 80% of the US population, making the city a major port of entry into the US and a logical stopover for travel within the expansive country.
It is believed that they are pushing west because they want to open a corridor to a major Pacific port, such as Manzanillo, just south of Guadalajara.
In China, it is targeting third and fourth tier cities, both new and up and coming, but also lower income compared to the major coastal and port towns.
Major shortcomings in the port's safety management system were also overlooked because there was no "designated person" in charge, the report found.
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Another major commodity imported into the port is bulk oil, both crude and refined products as well as chemicals.
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Those ships port in every major coastal hub around the country.
Saeed told CNN that of the nine policemen charged, six generals and one major are currently detained in Port Said for their alleged role in the violence.
For many would-be competitors, being able to port effectively is a major barrier to entry in this market.
Recent job losses at Port Talbot were a major blow to the local community (500 managerial and admin posts were scrapped), but the news has not all been bad and earlier this week the plant's second blast furnace was re-lit, and is expected to be back at full production soon.
Other fears are that the Asian economic recovery will prove less muscular than hoped (the port of Seattle is a major export route to Asia) and that the Department of Justice may carry out its veiled threats to break up Microsoft.
The first major settlement, Alexandroupoli, is a pretty port town with good seafood restaurants, and just west of the Evros Delta, an important migratory route perfect for bird-watchers.
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In an indication of the amount of illegal ivory in circulation, authorities in the Asian port of Hong Kong have announced three major seizures of smuggled shipments since October.
Cross-Channel ferry passengers face major travel disruption over Easter due to a strike by French port control officers in a dispute over pay.
"Yes, some mistakes were made by the police which did not help the situation, " says Major General Ahmad Ibrahim who served with the police department in Port Said for many years.
Judicious purchases of red Bordeaux, red and white Burgundy, a small parcel of port and some Champagne not from one of the major grand marques but an individual grower should provide happy drinking for the next decade or so.
They had just received news that the Port Arthur refinery, near Rita's landfall, had sustained major damage to two cooling towers and a flaring stack.
As the accredited port of entry for Iraqi food supplies, Aqaba is now a major trading centre attracting foreign companies such as rice and wheat distributors from Australia.
In 2008, Dubai-based DP World won a 25-year contract to expand and operate the port in the capital city, Dakar, which had been a major stopover for the French shipping business since the 1800s.
Confusion over property ownership, the unforgiving geography of Port-au-Prince and its tightly-packed housing are all major challenges, explains Michael Wyrick - one of those contracted by the government to help with debris clearance and building demolition.
And at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as at three major Los Angeles airports, including Los Angeles International, law enforcement officials were in a "heightened state of vigilance, " with increased patrols, authorities said.
That prompted a hurried rebuilding of that part of the PATH signal system, a spokesman said, and an additional reform: The Port Authority now installs steel floodgates at the entrances to its cross-Hudson tunnels before major storms, including Sandy.
And there is one major advantage: If a crisis happens, you will be called to help move ships out of the port.
Sanctions would disrupt a major portion of the U.S.-Chinese shipping market controlled by Cosco, whose business lines include port terminals and warehousing, insurance, real estate and hotel management.
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