Ports

A port is a maritime facility which may comprise one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, some ports, such as Hamburg, Manchester and Duluth, are many miles inland, with access to the sea via river or canal. Because of their roles as a port of entry for immigrants many port cities such as London, New York, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Singapore and Vancouver have experienced dramatic multi-ethnic and multicultural changes.Ports are extremely important to the global economy, responsible for 70% of global merchandise trade …

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MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 26 July 2024 English

Since the end of the Second World War, the US’s engagement in South Asia has undergone changes in response to evolving geopolitical dynamics in the region and the global landscape. …

vying for influence and control over sea routes, ports, and trade networks. This competition carries far- It has invested in the construction of container ports, including the acquisition of a 99-year lease on militarization of these artificial islands with runways, ports, and military structures. The administration’s neutral naval expansion, securing access to Indian Ocean ports, fostering overland transportation links, and cultivating BRI projects involve significant investments in ports, railways, highways, and energy infrastructure,


24 July 2024 English

Indeed, it is sad to expect that refugees would come from war zones in the wider Middle East and Africa, so when the UNHCR notes that 42% of the world’s …

of different types of illegal drugs in Moroccan ports and airports clearly indicate, Morocco is becoming


ECPAT: End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism · 24 July 2024 French

Les participants ont été formés De plus, les chercheurs de l’organisation sur la thématique de l’exploitation sexuelle non-gouvernementale Keoogo, partenaire des enfants dans le contexte des voyages et du projet …

trans- interrogés n’a constaté de cas d’exploitation ports   sexuelle mais, plutôt, des situations ambiguës


IRENA: International Renewable Energy Agency · 23 July 2024 English

Renewable energy

42 Figure 31 Exposure of hydrocarbon terminal ports to sea level rise, 2050 ....................... ............ 49 Figure 42 Hydrocarbon terminal ports at risk of sea level rise, 2050 ............... ten years (ETESA, 2022), along with fuel terminal ports and roads providing access to the main power generation (ETESA, 2022). Information related to fuel terminal ports (hydrocarbon and liquefied natural gas) was obtained Hydrocarbon terminal High Not significant Low High ports Transmission and Low Not significant High Not significant


23 July 2024 French

européens, dont 93 espagnols, avec une obligation de débarquement des prises de poissons dans les ports marocains, destinés à l’approvisionnement de l’industrie de traitement des produits de la mer, au

de débarquement des prises de poissons dans les ports marocains, destinés à l’approvisionnement de l’industrie


NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) · 22 July 2024 English

The economic reforms under way and the economic & institutional reforms on the agenda for the next few years, will sustain growth of per capita GDP at 7% during the …

....... 90 Table 20: Logistics Performance and Ports and Shipping .................................. and transit & turn-around time. Roads/highways, ports, airports, waterways, rail lines will be upgraded and quality. There will be one or two deep water ports which take the largest container ships. Electricity cargo handling, fuel supply and other services at ports, airports & railway stations. Within the non-competitive regulated open access. Turnaround time for cargo at ports, airports, and stations of the dedicated freight


IGIDR: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research · 22 July 2024 English

The renewal will be at the sole discretion of the IGIDR and based on the performance of the bidder during the contract period. [...] ● If the selected bidder is …

SFP module, Fiber patch cord & network interface ports should be compatible for connecting proposed switches Specify. 24 x 10/100/1000BaseT, 4x 10G SFP+ Uplink ports. Cloud/On-prem Manage subscription for Access Switches Bidder to Specify. 24x10GbaseX and 2x100G uplink ports. Cloud/On-prem Manage subscription for Core Switches Minimum 24 x 10/100/1000 PoE+ and 4 x 1G/10G uplink ports (with 2 required transceiver modules) with PoE budget no’s of 10/100/1000 Mbps Base- 5 T ports and 4 x 1/10G SFP+ ports onboard 6 The Proposed Switch should


RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 20 July 2024 English

It was noted in the Food Security Policy Research, the objectives of the Conference sessions that the agricultural sector Capacity, and Influence (PRCI), and underlined the key areas in the …

development; and its In the way forward it was air, ports), electricity, power, sea impact on sectoral infrastructure


World Bank Group · 18 July 2024 English

and coverage, and the nuanced characteristics and challenges faced by individual ports. The CPPI recommends that ports with low rankings or significant changes in rankings conduct a detailed diagnostic

............................... 4 2.3 How are ports included in the CPPI .......................... ............................... 5 2.4 How are ports ranked in the CPPI ............................ (CPPI) 2 1 Objective of the CPPI Container ports are critical nodes in globally connected supply economy and for the sustainable development of ports. A timely turnaround of container ships is critical efficient so that ports remain resilient catalysts for development. Time-efficient container ports enable fuel


World Bank Group · 18 July 2024 English

public and private players in trade and logistics. The index highlights where vessel time in container ports could be improved. Streamlining these processes would benefit all parties involved, including shipping national governments, and consumers. This fourth edition of the CPPI relies on data from 405 container ports with at least 24 container ship port calls in the calendar year 2023. As in earlier editions of the matrix factorization). Combining these two approaches ensures that the overall ranking of container ports reflects actual port performance as closely as possible while also being statistically robust. The

1 • The CPPI 2023: Global Ranking of Container Ports ............................................... ....................28 Table 3.4 • Quantity of Ports Included per Ship Size Group .................. 10 • An Example of Aggregated Rankings for Four Ports with Randomly Generated Administrative and Statistical ..46 Table 4.9 • The CPPI by Throughput: Large Ports (More than 4 million TEUs per Year) ........... 49 Table 4.10 • The CPPI by Throughput: Medium Ports (between 0.5 million and 4 million TEUs per Year)


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