port
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If shipowners fail to act, responsibility can then fall to the vessel's flag state and, ultimately, port authorities.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
"This will now enable PAF to signficantly reduce the border processing time," the port authority said in a statement posted on X.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
The closest attacks have hit Yanbu, a Red Sea port some 200 miles away.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
One came to the UK concealed on a lorry and another arrived via a port.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Galileo appealed to sensory experience, but sensory experience established, or so they claimed, that boats float higher in the water when far from shore, and lower as they approach port.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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