Los Angeles provides the San Fernando Valley (even now pondering secession from the city) with an international port and airport.

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Samson stressed that the port authority was committing to operating Atlantic City International Airport for a limited amount of time with an option to eventually purchase the SJTA's interests in the airport.

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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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They grunt their way through the city, carrying locals and a new wave of international travellers from the cerros to the port below.

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