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Ptolemy's world map implied that Africa was part of an outer landmass, separating the Atlantic from the Indian Ocean. The early Portuguese Empire centered around the Cape Route. In 1500, Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral used the prevailing winds on the Atlantic for a volta do mar, and thereby became the first European to arrive in ...
Experts have long maintained that there is a compelling economic case for establishing a transshipment hub in India that can draw regional and domestic transhipment traffic away from the existing hubs, save significant revenue loss, improve logistics for Indian trade, lower risks to the nation's export competitiveness, and give India the chance to grow into a significant hub for transhipment ...
Strategically, located on the main east–west global shipping lines and offering draft of about 16 m, Cochin is destined to develop as the premier gateway to southern India, [9] as also offering an alternative to Sri Lanka and Singapore for containers being transshipped for the Indian market.
Maps of signatories for CMR Convention. The CMR Convention (full title Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road; in French Convention relative au contrat de transport international de marchandises par route) is a United Nations convention that was signed in Geneva on 19 May 1956. It relates to various legal ...
Gujarat is the westernmost state of India, positioned strategically along the Arabian Sea, fostering the development of dynamic port cities that serve as pivotal gateways for trade, cultural interchange, and geopolitical influence.
The next list is a list of the main cargo ports in Portugal, also including ports located in the Azores and Madeira islands. These ports are included in APP – Associação dos Portos de Portugal , a non-profit association with the objective of exchanging information and debates, contributing to the modernization of the national system of ...
The Port of Lisbon (Portuguese: Porto de Lisboa) is the third-largest port in Portugal, mainly on the north sides of the Tagus's large natural harbour that opens west, through a short strait, onto the Atlantic Ocean. Each part lies against central parts of the Portuguese capital Lisbon.
Shipping containers at the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal in New Jersey, US A container-goods train on the West Coast Main Line near Nuneaton, England Double-stack Union Pacific container train crossing the desert at Shawmut, Arizona An ocean containership close to Cuxhaven, Germany A container ship being loaded by a portainer crane in Copenhagen Harbor, Denmark.