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Tag Archives: ports
North America’s busiest RO/RO motor vehicle seaports
Enormous Brunswick, Georgia RO/RO Terminal – Source: lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com RO/RO seaports are those that service ships that import and export motor vehicles including cars, trucks, construction equipment, farm equipment, and even boats; they literally roll-on and roll-off (RO/RO). Almost sounds like … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Cars, cities, commerce, distribution, economic development, electric vehicles, engineering, EVs and hybrids, geography, industry, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, Mexico, North America, planning, shipping, spatial design, Statistics, Trade, transportation
Tagged automobiles, exports, harbors, imports, motor vehicles, ports, Ro/Ro, seaports, shippings, transportation
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Ten planning lessons from mighty Los Angeles
Despite its detractors, every time I’m in Los Angeles, the city impresses me more. From the first time in 1970 to just recently, the changes are palpable, especially the move(s) away from being so car-centric and increased densification. Below, is … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, business, cities, civics, commerce, culture, density, distribution, downtown, economic development, Economy, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, fun, geography, Highway displacement, highways, historic preservation, history, humanity, immigration, industry, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, mountains, movies, music, nature, Passenger rail, peace, pictures, placemaking, planning, pollution, rail, Railroads, recreation, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, Television, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, trucking, urban design, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged art, Brady Bunch, Burbank, California, cities, commuter rail, Glendale, highways, Hollywood, LA, land use, light rail, Long Beach, Los Angeles, movies, Pasadena, planning, ports, Santa Monica, subways, transportation, trucks, TV
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Seaport suburbs of major inland cities
Some of the largest cities in the world are located a relatively short distance inland. As a result, their primary seaport developed at a coastal suburb instead. Secondarily, several of these cities once had harbors, but due to their shallow … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, business, cities, economic development, Europe, geography, globalization, history, India, industry, infrastructure, land use, Latin America, logistics, Maps, Mexico, North America, planning, rail, rivers/watersheds, shipping, South America, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, UK, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged container ports, cruise ports, cruises, harbors, ports, seaports, shipping, suburbs, transportation
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Largest “port” cities in the world
Below is a list of the largest cities in the world with the word “port” in their name. They are ranked by the core city population, not by metropolitan area and must have a minimum population of 20,000 residents to be … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, cities, demographics, Europe, geography, land use, Language, Maps, North America, Oceania, South America
Tagged cities, geography, land use, language, maps, ports, transportation
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America’s busiest container ports in 2014
Interesting data provided in the chart below. Despite a labor strike in 2014, Los Angeles and Long Beach continued to the lead the way as the busiest container ports in the United States based on twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). the … Continue reading
Posted in cities, commerce, economic development, economics, Economy, geography, globalization, history, infrastructure, Labor, land use, logistics, planning, Railroads, rivers/watersheds, shipping, Statistics, transportation, Travel
Tagged cities, commerce, container ports, freight, geography, harbors, intermodal, logistics, ports, shipping, transportation
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Great seaports from space – Atlantic Coast
Posted in aerospace, Cities, environment, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, Outer Space, planning, spatial design, transportation
Tagged harbors, harbours, ports, seaports, shipping, transportation
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Great seaports from space – North America’s Pacific Coast
Here are some great satellite images from Honolulu, Hawaii; Long Beach, California; Los Angeles, California; Mazatlan, Mexico, Oakland California; Tacoma, Washington; and Vancouver, British Columbia. Enjoy!
Posted in aerospace, cities, Communications, environment, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, North America, planning, spatial design, transportation, Travel
Tagged cities, freight, geography, harbors, harbours, land use, logictics, ports, seaports, shipping, spatial design, transportation
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Great seaports from space – Oceania
Posted in aerospace, cities, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Oceania, Outer Space, pictures, planning, spatial design, tourism, Trade, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged Australia, cities, freight, geography, harbors, harbours, infrastructure, land use, New Zealand, pictures, ports, seaports, shipping
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PortMiami Tunnel to open in May
The twin-tube 4,200 foot long PortMiami Tunnel is scheduled to open to traffic in May of 2014. Under construction since 2010, the $1 billion public-private partnership project will extend Interstate 395 under the Government Cut shipping channel separating Watson Island and Dodge … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Cars, cities, commerce, downtown, economic development, entertainment, geography, government, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, skylines, spatial design, Statistics, technology, tourism, transportation, Travel, tunnels, urban planning
Tagged cities, cruise ships, Florida, harbors, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Miami, planning, PortMiami, ports, seaports, shipping, tourism, transportation, travel, tunnels
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Great seaports from space – East Asia
Some of the best seaport images yet, come from East Asia. Enjoy!
Posted in aerospace, Asia, China, cities, Communications, density, economic development, environment, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, Outer Space, pictures, planning, spatial design, transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged cities, freight, harbors, harbours, infrastructure, land use transportation, logistics, ports, satellite images, seaports, shipping, travel
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