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Port Byron/Union Springs football team struggles on offense in loss to Hannibal

Auburnpub dot com 22 Sep 2018

The Port Byron/Union Springs football team gave up six rushing touchdowns — a Hannibal program record — to Zach Williams in a 42-12 loss at Hannibal High School Friday ... The Panthers got on the board when Ajani Huff ran a kickoff back about 65 yards with 5.45 left in the third quarter, but Port Byron/Union Springs trailed 28-6 heading into the final quarter....

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Taichung sees ferry passenger boom

Taipei Times 21 Sep 2018

The number of passengers passing through the Port of Taichung to use cross-strait ferries from January to last month rose by 66.43 percent compared with the same period last year, the most in the past five years, Taiwan International Ports Corp (TIPC) said. Statistics from the port company’s Taichung branch showed that the port dealt with 53,084 cross-strait ferry passengers between January and last month....

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Trouble flares up at Gibraltar: British Navy fires warning flare after Spanish vessel gets too close to nuclear submarine HMS Talent

This is Money 21 Sep 2018

Dramatic pictures showed the HMS Talent, a Trafalgar-class nuclear sub, attempting to leave port on Wednesday along with a police escort ... The HMS Talent leaves port in Gibraltar with the Spanish coastal city of Algeciras visible in the distance across the bay. ....

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Cabinet to consider Rs 4,500cr package for sugar industry on Wed

The Times of India 18 Sep 2018

New Delhi, Sep 18 () The Union Cabinet is likely to consider Wednesday a Rs 4,500 crore plan to more than double the production assistance paid to sugarcane farmers and transport subsidy to mills exporting the sweetener, sources said ... Sugar output is set to increase further to 35 million tonnes in the next marketing year as against the domestic demand of 26 million tonnes ... This subsidy will be based on the distance of mills from ports....

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Cabinet to consider Rs 4,500cr package for sugar industry on Wednesday

DNA India 18 Sep 2018

The Union Cabinet is likely to consider Wednesday a Rs 4,500 crore plan to more than double the production assistance paid to sugarcane farmers and transport subsidy to mills exporting the sweetener, sources said ... Sugar output is set to increase further to 35 million tonnes in the next marketing year as against the domestic demand of 26 million tonnes ... This subsidy will be based on the distance of mills from ports ... Mills in ... ....

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Access to Chinese ports not to hit Nepal-bound cargo from Vizag

The Hindu 16 Sep 2018

The decision of China to allow access to four ports on its territory to landlocked Nepal to handle its cargo will not impact Visakhapatnam Port’s expectations to make a good business after it was declared as the second gateway port after Kolkata ... Even if Nepal decides to source its imported cargo via China, the nearest port is located at a far off place and the road distance from the nearest port to Nepal’s border is around 2,500 km....

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Boating blissfully through Portugal

Honolulu Star-Advertiser 16 Sep 2018

The famed Douro River — River of Gold — flows westward from Spain across Portugal to the Atlantic and can be experienced from the comfort of a Viking River Cruise while stopping in towns and villages along the way and marveling at the mountain terraced vineyards that produce Portugal’s most well-known product — port ... At the Bomfim Estate in Pinhao, the port-production process can be absorbed in a lovely setting....

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Opinion | Nepal’s snub shows up Indian coercive power

Live Mint 12 Sep 2018

In another widely noted development, the government in Kathmandu has concluded an agreement with China to gain access to Chinese ports, including Tianjin, Shenzhen, Lianyungang and Zhanjiang ... While he will have alternative trade routes, those will not be competitive against the Kolkata port given the geography, distance and cost involved in sending goods via Chinese ports....

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In first ever trilateral meet, India, Iran and Afghanistan discuss Chabahar port

DNA India 11 Sep 2018

Sources said the possible impact of the US sanctions on the Chabahar port project also figured in the meeting ... The port is easily accessible from India's western coast and is increasingly seen as a counter to Pakistan's Gwadar Port, which is being developed with Chinese investment and is located at distance of around 80 km from Chabahar....

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Short-Haul Rail Freight Rolls Toward Private Investment

Caixin Online 11 Sep 2018

The plan would allow for construction of such short-distance lines using private money — part of Beijing’s efforts to open up the rail network to such outside financing and ownership ... That can create bottlenecks, for example, for shippers of commodities like coal that need to move those goods short distances from rail yards to ports....

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Thailand focusing on Ranong port development to improve trade with India

Yahoo Daily News 10 Sep 2018

The Ranong port, which is nearer compared with ... We are now focusing on developing Ranong to improve connectivity with Kolkata and Chennai ports as it will save distance and boost trade," said Tharadol Thongruang, Minister Counsellor (Commercial), Office of Commercial Affairs, Royal Thai Embassy....

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Nepal and China conclude protocol of TTA

The Himalayan 08 Sep 2018

China allows Nepal to use four seaports, three land ports for third-country trade ... “Some ports opened by the Chinese government for Nepal for third-country trade are relatively at a greater distance from Nepal’s border compared to the Indian ports currently in use ... The Tianjin seaport is the nearest port to Nepal, which lies at a distance of around 3,300 kilometres from Nepal border....

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China grants Nepal access to its ports; ends Indian monopoly on trade routes

International Business Times 08 Sep 2018

The Nepal Government said on Friday, September 7 that China will allow Nepal access to four of its ports, allowing the landlocked country to end India's monopoly over land trading route, reports Reuters ... The statement also said that China has allowed Nepal to use dry ports at Lanzhou, Lhasa and Xigatse as well as the road network connecting these with Nepal ... What also doesn't help matters is the distance from the border to the ports....

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