port authority
noun[C]
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theofficialorganizationthatcontrolsandmanagestheactivitiesin aport:
Theportauthoritysaid that the twovesselswere now beingloadedand wouldsailthe nextday.
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port authority
Theportauthoritylater handed out an official press release.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each of those ports was to have aportauthoritycreated for it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instead, it was bought by the municipality in 1914, and transferred to theportauthorityin 1919.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 2002, theportauthoritycompleted dredging the harbor's entrance to allow for second and third generation vessels to visit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theportauthorityhad once operated a tugboat with some firefighting ability, but that vessel was no longer operational.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theportauthoritysold it to investors for $3 million who tried to refocus it as a regional retail and entertainment center.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theportauthorityprovides facilities to shipping lines and land carriers, to terminal operators and to shippers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By 2011, she was a board member of the school board, the board of city operations and theportauthority.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Upon the transfer of these authorities, theportauthorityceased to function and was dissolved.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The state had wanted theportauthorityto pay for construction; however it was ruled that they could not build the road.
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