Sentence examples for for a seaport from inspiring English sources

To accommodate his desire for a seaport, he built the port of Ezion-geber at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba of the Red Sea.

The demand for a seaport was reportedly agreed in principle, but detailed discussions have been deferred for at least a month.

Underlying the Thai government's sensitivities toward Myanmar is a huge project for a seaport and joint economic zone in Myanmar that would connect to Thailand and provide access to the Indian Ocean.

Among the matters still being negotiated are the disposition of Israeli greenhouses -- which employ 3,500 Palestinians alone -- and other Israeli enterprises, and Palestinian plans for a seaport, an airport and open border crossings.

Both sides have agreed to address more contentious issues - including Palestinian demands for a seaport in Gaza and the release of Hamas prisoners in the West Bank, and Israel's demand for Gaza's militants to be disarmed - at indirect talks that should begin in Cairo within a month.

Last summer's hostilities had been well underway when a prominent Hamas columnist called for a ten-year truce in exchange for a seaport, "according to an agreed work plan".

According to BBC producer Michael Shuval, an Israeli official said Hamas' demands for the opening of a seaport and airport in Gaza are not part of the Egypt-brokered deal both factions agreed to on Tuesday, but will be discussed in further talks within a month.

At around noon on Sunday, around 1,450 people voluntarily agreed to board a cruise liner headed for Kavala, a seaport on mainland Greece.

Plans for an airport, a seaport and numerous joint Israeli-Palestinian projects in Gaza were in full swing when Hamas took over in 2006 and violently removed the Palestinian Authority, declaring it would not recognise Israel and proceeding to wage war on its civilians.

A seaport for more than 1,000 years, and a British possession for three centuries, Bordeaux has always been more closely allied with the outside world than it has been with France.

But a deal signed this month would transform these placid waters into a seaport for giant cargo ships.