Tell us what is the latest on the Umm Qasr, the battle for that big commercial port there.
To partially hedge its bets in this area, the Commonwealth is designing the Marine Terminal to serve as a commercial port as well.
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And now, the U.S. Marines, American Marines, along with some British commandos, are battling for Umm Qasr, which is Iraq's big commercial port.
On 29 May, Russia began construction of what is planned to be the largest commercial port on the Baltic Sea at Ust-Luga, adjacent to the Russian-Estonian border.
Last night I walked along the promenade beside the commercial port, from where tugboats packed with weapons set off to resupply forces inside Misrata, and where a rusting submarine leans against the harbour wall.
The harbour management team oversees the day-to-day running of the commercial port facilities at St Peter Port and St Sampson's Harbours, which handle more than 97% of all goods imported and exported, as well as the marinas.
Violent crime has for years been a feature of Pakistan's biggest commercial city and port.
At least 600 people have died this year in gun battles in Karachi, Pakistan's chief port and commercial centre.
Karachi, the country's main port and commercial centre, is still rent by violence.
The Persian king Xerxes took his revenge for this defeat by destroying Miletus, but the city was soon afterward rebuilt and by the middle of the fifth century b.c. it was once again a flourishing port and commercial center.
He added that fishing and the anchoring of ships, including commercial vessels heading for Southampton Port, were exacerbating the problem.
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One place considered a potential investment opportunity is Vladivostok, Russia's largest port city, seen as a commercial backwater for decades.
When fully operational the plant would be capable of processing all domestic and non-hazardous commercial waste generated in the counties of Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend.
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After the incident, the commercial vessel on which the marines were serving docked at a port in the Indian state of Kerala and authorities arrested the men.
Despite incredibly detailed maps of every port, we still rely on their descendants to pilot commercial ships into harbor.
It also reported that it does not yet have an estimate as to when its 70, 000 barrel per day Port Reading , NJ refinery will come back on line, as full commercial power has not yet been restored.
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In New York, where al Qaeda used a pair of hijacked commercial jetliners to take down the twin towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said it was increasing police presence at all its facilities, including the site where the World Trade Center once stood, according to Chris Ward, executive director.
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