Founded in 1892 as the main harbour of German South-West Africa during the "scramble for Africa" that preceded the First World War, Swakopmund survives as a living monument of German colonial ambitions.
Settled in 1763, it was incorporated in 1796 as Eden; the present name (for Bar Island in the main harbour) was adopted in 1918.
At a pop-up sushi restaurant inside a shipping container by the main harbour, I speak to the chairman of the board for the festival, Sverre Hyttan.
By separating the former dock from the main harbour basin via sheet pile walls and use of VC®System - Ménard method for dredged material consolidation, a port expansion area of 22,800 m2 (190 × 120 m) has been constructed [8].
The main harbour is at Tórshavn, and there is an airport on Vágar.
Boats leave from Datça town's main harbour, or you can book a trip through any hotel.
Austria took the town in 1797; after 1866 it became the main harbour and arsenal of the Austro-Hungarian navy.
The submarine was seized by the Colombian navy near the Buenaventura port, the country's main harbour in the Pacific.
For 20 years, however, Russia, while taking four-fifths of what used to be the Soviet Union's Black Sea Fleet, will hold leases on the main harbours that make up the Sebastopol port.
The main harbours in Thailand are located along the Gulf of Thailand at Bangkok, Pattani, Songkhla (Singgora), Pak Phanang (port for Nakhon Si Thammarat), and Chanthaburi; in Cambodia at Réam, Kâmpôt, and Kep; and in Vietnam at Rach Gia.
