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Dhuba is a small natural harbour and the nearest Saudi Arabian port to the Suez Canal and other Egyptian ports. Handles Ro-Ro, general cargo and livestock.

The following ports and terminals in the Dominican Republic have been amended: 

Azua Barahona Boca Chica Cabo Rojo Manzanillo Palenque Puerto Caucedo Santo Domingo

Jabung Batanghari Terminal

Jambi

Teluk Bungus

Los Angeles port is located on the SW coast of California in San Pedro Bay and comprises 27 cargo terminals, handling dry and liquid bulk, containers, breakbulk, automobiles, cruise vessels and Ro-Ro vessels.

Cartagena

Cartagena is a secure, deep-water bay, well protected from wind and with few currents. Facilities in Bahia de Cartagena are located in Cartagena and Mamonal. Cartagena handles dry and liquid bulk, containers, general and cruise traffic.

Valparaiso port is sheltered by a man-made breakwater and handles containers and general cargo. There are also facilities for cruise vessels available.

Valparaiso is located in Valparaiso Bay, in the central zone of Chile, 110 km. NW of Santiago. It is the nearest port to the Los Libertadores Pass, the main road through the Andes mountains to Argentina.

Tolkkinen is a small harbour handling mostly bulk cargoes located on the south coast of Finland, approx. 50 km. NE of Helsinki.

Red Dog is a private port, capable of exporting up to 1.4 million tons of zinc and lead concentrates annually for shipment during the summer season (June/July to mid or end October).

Teck, Alaska, is the operator of the Red Dog Terminal, and is the shipper of the cargo. Vessel tonnage is provided exclusively by Fednav Int Ltd.

Foss Maritime of Seattle is the operator of the self-discharging barges and tugs, and is contracted to Teck-Cominco, Alaska, to provide shuttling and transshipment of the cargo. There is no allowance for an actual docking of any ship at the Red Dog Terminal.

Progreso is a multipurpose port, handling dry and wet cargoes and passenger vessels located at the NW head of the Yucatan Peninsula, 36 km. north of the city of Merida.

As the second largest caribbean country, the Dominican Republic is one of two countroes which occupy the island of Hispaniola (the other being Haiti).

Mina al Fahal is an offshore facility comprising three SBMs for handling crude oil and petroleum products. It is located on the NE coast of Oman in the Gulf of Oman, approx. 15 n.m. NNW of Muscat.

Immingham is one of the largest dry bulk handling ports in UK with deep-water facilities and specialist river jetties. Products handled include general cargo, containers, dry bulk, forest products, fresh produce and perishables, minerals, ore, steel and Ro-Ro. Inner Dock accessed via lock. This entry includes Immingham Bulk Terminal, Humber International Terminal, Immingham Outer Harbour and Inner Dock, Eastern & Western Jetties and North Killingholm.

For Immingham Gas Terminal, Immingham Oil Terminal and South Killingholm see "Immingham APT''.

Kobe is a multipurpose port, consisting of a mainland port, two artificial port islands and airport island. The ports of Kobe, Osaka and Amagasaki have been amalgamated to form Hanshin Port.

The Port of London is a multipurpose port serving deep-sea and short-sea trade. It handles dry and liquid bulk cargoes, petroleum products, containers, Ro-Ro and cruise vessels.

Shipping Guides port information for Canvey Island, Coryton, Shell Haven and Tilbury, previously contained under London, are now available as individual entries.