About Port
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.
Bibby Stockholm: Asylum barge not a death trap, minister Grant Shapps says
... Cabinet minister Grant Shapps told rePorters there was no reason why the barge " wouldn t be absolutely safe"...
Migrant barge: Portland is a dumping ground, residents say
...By Dan JohnsonNews correspondentPortland in Dorset will be the first place in the country to house asylum seekers on a floating accommodation barge...
Relay theft: Mum's warning over criminals targeting keyless cars
... The motoring organisation is urging police to take action after Home Office figures revealed 130,389 cars were rePorted stolen in 2022 - an increase of 26% compared to the 104,435 rePorted in 2021...
Tobias Ellwood suspended as Tory MP after missing confidence vote
... " I am very sorry to lose the whip but will now continue my meetings in Ukraine promoting the prime minister s efforts here and specifically seeking to secure the reopening of Odesa Port - so vital grain exPorts can recommence...
Ukraine may soon get US long-range MLRS rocket system
... In an extra move to defend Ukraine s key Black Sea Port - Odesa - Denmark has supplied Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles, with a range of about 130km (70 nautical miles)...
Mariupol steelworks: Video appears to show children in Azovstal bunker
...Ukraine s Azov regiment has posted a video showing women and children purPortedly sheltering underground at the Azovstal plant - the last part of Mariupol not under Russian control...
Dover queues 'worst seen since Christmas 2020'
... " Generally, Operation Brock would deal with any incidents we have at the Port and at the tunnel and has been doing so, but this is probably the worst incident since Christmas 2020 when the French closed the borders and we couldn t release any traffic across the channel at all, " he said...
Martin Compston: From a school corridor to stardom
... Liam s attempts to raise money for the two of them are set against the backdrop of the Inverclyde towns of Greenock - where Compston is from - Port Glasgow and the coast at Gourock...
