Sentence examples for maritime ports from inspiring English sources

By this point the term "passport" was being used, although whether it originated with the idea of people passing through maritime ports or through the gates in city walls ("portes" in French) remains a matter for debate.

Lake services, including those from rail-ferry terminals at Jinja, Kisumu, and Mwanza, operate on Victoria; all three have rail connections with the maritime ports.

France is served by a large number of maritime ports, which reflects not only its extensive coastline but also its importance as a trading nation.

Beginning in the mid-1950s, it played a major role in financing investments in infrastructural projects in developing countries, including roads, hydroelectric dams, water and sewage facilities, maritime ports, and airports.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has entered into an agreement with the Port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, to improve cargo distribution at the agency's maritime ports.

They include Maersk, the world's biggest shipping company, Abu Dhabi-based port operator DP World which owns 70 of the world's largest maritime ports, Emirates Airlines, DHL, cruise liners, international custom groups and international trade bodies.

Vilanova i la Geltrú's main pedestrian avenue, La Rambla Vilanova i la Geltrú, takes you on a peaceful 1km stroll from the city centre to the lovely maritime port boardwalk, Passeig Maritim.

Maritime port and bridge and tunnel security would cost $190 million.

Kâmpóng Saôm (Sihanoukville), on the Gulf of Thailand, is Cambodia's only maritime port.

The country's sole maritime port is the small community of Bar; closed briefly in the early 1990s, it reopened in 1996.

These two photographs, separated by 30 years, illustrate the transition of the Hudson River shoreline from a declining maritime port to a dismal traffic corridor to a blank-faced institutional backwater to a slender — but welcome — bit of parkland.