minor port

minor port

A port having facilities for the discharge of cargo from coasters or lighters only.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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The transcript added: "In the early 20th century, the creek, though incapable then of supporting large-scale transportation, served as a minor port for dhows (traditional boats) coming from as far away as India or East Africa."
The defence minister also thanked Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for helping Kerala's fishermen, who were caught in the cyclone and reached Maharashtra's Devagad minor port today.
September 2006: Posco applies for environmental clearance for the captive minor port.
* Some steep terrain in a Greek Minor Port battle map has been levelled out, to stop ships from going under the beach when they disembark.
Posco India Pvt Ltd was granted environmental clearance for its two projects, steel-cum-captive power plant project and captive minor port, in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa in 2007.
Complications included minor port site infection 5, intercostal neuralgia 3, delayed lung expansion 2 cases and persistent apical space in 1 case.
March 22, 2011 (KHARTOUM) -- A Sudanese official has dismissed as "vicious rumors" media reports on preparations by the United States to setup a military base in Ageeg minor port town in eastern Sudan in an effort to thwart arms-smuggling operations across the country's porous eastern borders.
These rating strengths are partially offset by L&T Shipbuilding's exposure to risks related to timely implementation and commercialisation of its ongoing shipyard and minor port projects.
With this certification, MICT has the unique distinction of becoming the first container terminal in a minor port in India to achieve ISO 28000 certification.
A noble tradition of philanthropy developed as Liverpool grew from a minor port into the second city of the British Empire.
This marginal role, however, does less than justice to one of the more interesting sagas of the northern Reformation, one in which a minor port, squeezed between the Hanseatic League and Amsterdam, broke from its overlords, the counts of East Friesland, to become a virtual city-state.
This crown designed by Vemmudi Bangaru Jewellers (VBJ) will be gracing the presiding deity of Lord Ayappa at a temple located at Machilipatnam, a minor port city of Andhra Pradesh.