Sentence examples for direct maritime from inspiring English sources

When the Portuguese in 1498 opened direct maritime links with India, Venice faced the competition of the Atlantic ports, first Lisbon and Antwerp.

The opening by the Portuguese in 1497 of the direct maritime route to the Indies via the Cape of Good Hope did not bring the Egypt-Venice spice trade to a halt overnight.

He was determined, therefore, to exploit Russia's momentary weakness to cut it off from direct maritime contact with the West and to channel Russian trade through Swedish middlemen, thus enriching his impoverished exchequer with tolls and duties.

Note that only in the case of a direct maritime connection, the effective (computed) maritime distance coincides with sea distance.

The empirical investigations unequivocally show that lacking a direct maritime connection with a trade partner is associated with lower values of exports; any additional transshipment is associated with a 40% lower value of bilateral exports.

Fugazza et al. (2013) find that the average number of direct maritime connections, meaning without involving any transhipment of the transported goods between the country of origin and their destination, is half for developing countries than what it is for developed ones.

But O'Connor cautions that there is still no direct evidence about the maritime skills of the first people who colonized Australia, leaving open the possibility that they drifted there with the tides.

Over the past century, the Panama Canal has left a legacy of innovation, connectivity and sustainability, having a direct impact on world maritime trade, as well as the people of Panama.

Portishead was also the telephone control centre used by British Telecom (BT) for non-direct dialled calls to maritime vessels, a service known as Portishead Radio.

New waterside bars and restaurants, including Hall & Woodhouse, Aqua and Bottelinos have opened around the marina, with further outlets are set to open in the future, including Costa Coffee and a nearby Wetherspoons.. Portishead was previously the telephone control centre used by British Telecom (BT) for non-direct dialled calls to maritime vessels, a service known as "Portishead Radio".

Scott Morrison issued a new directive to Immigration Department officers at the end of December directing them to afford irregular maritime arrivals the lowest priority for family migration visas.