But use of regional ports is about more than a need for more docks.

Ommen soon became a regional port and market for agricultural products.

Singapore also provided other regional ports with local products demanded by international markets.

Historically most regional ports had their own Marine Board or similar bodies.

Other regional ports serving the enormous iron ore mines in the regions are also shut.

Albany was the only regional port that was visited during the Australian leg of the voyage.

Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, $52 million in lease revenue bonds.

Spanish colonists first settled here in the 1570s, transforming a small Malay village into a leading regional port.

Regional ports give more passengers the option to drive to their ship, something skittish fliers seem to appreciate since the terrorist attacks of 2001.

Additional workers are available, if needed, from regional ports, like Gulfport, Miss., that are not operating, he said.

They warned that "this rancorous and unproductive" period in the agency's life threatened to make the regional port "an unattractive place to do business."

The Joliet Regional Port District assumed ownership of the airport in 1989.

Liverpool experienced more of these naval intrusions than other regional ports in British North America.

That portion would drop to 57 percent once all the regional ports are in operation in 2020, said a spokesman for the authority, Steven Coleman.

Its strategic geographic location made the town an important trading hub and by the beginning of the 20th century, Dubai was already an important regional port.

The touring performed around the Latin American continent for nearly five months (traveling about 15,000 nautical miles) and visited thirteen regional ports.

Modest in size, the ship was probably a single-mast sloop or two-mast schooner, plying regional ports around the gulf.

This was because Southeast Asian traders preferred the free port of Singapore to other major regional ports which had cumbersome restrictions.

The Pantao Regional Port is located in the center of the Bicol Peninsula.

However, the opening of a new sea route between Tadjoura and Shewa cut further into Zeila's historic position as the main regional port.

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (special act)

Now, with the Communist world collapsed and most of Germany's trade headed in other directions, Rostock is working hard to find its place as a regional port.

Midshipmen crews practice onboard Yard Patrol Craft and execute out-of-area trips to regional ports.

It also concludes that an expanded regional port involving both facilities could protect Newark's shipping business while adding more than 50,000 jobs to New York City.

As borders fall and trade with Eastern Europe flourishes, Trieste hopes again to become a key regional port and relive its commercial glory days.