At more than 300 metres, today’s biggest cruise liners easily dominate Ushuaia’s 624m main peir (Photo: Direccion provincial de puertos) The cruise industry is booming, and trips to Antarctica are particularly popular. The port of Ushuaia is betting that a major...
Nunavut’s capital, with a population of 7,429, is not only the largest city in the territory, but also the most important economic hub. But to allow large cargo ships to be loaded and unloaded directly, a deepwater port had to be built at the southwest headland...
The first port of call (Artist’s conception: City of Nome) Among the 125 ports that service Alaska’s mind-boggling 70,000km of coastline, just four are considered deepwater ports. None of them are found on the portion that lies in the state’s — that is to say...
