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How to use the word ports in a Sentence?

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It’s clear that he’s lost control of the country, there’s never been a general strike like this, which is shutting down the ports, the airport, the hospitals, schools.

Martin Indyk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These recent and new commitments will make more public charges available for all EVs, with announcements like today’s and the overall growth we’re seeing, it’s clear that this administration is making incredible progress towards building our election future. In fact, since the president took office, EV sales have tripled – the number of publicly available charging ports has grown by over 40%, and there are currently more than 3 million EVs on the road and 130,000 public charges across the country. But our work is far from over and our progress will continue as long as we keep working hand in hand with our partners across federal state and local governments and the private sector.

Mitch Landrieu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We need modern ports so we can move more goods made in America out to the rest of the world.

President Obama

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There will not be another foot of wall construction in my administration, i’m going to make sure that we have border protection, but it’s going to be based on making sure that we use high-tech capacity to deal with it. And at the ports of entry — that’s where all the bad stuff is happening.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There are problems, but none of the traders are talking about any suspension of shipments. Ports use alternative energy sources.

Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky

Found on Reuters
1 year ago

Even more alarming, 98 individuals on the terror watchlist were apprehended trying to enter the U.S. between ports of entry in the last year, our adversaries know they can enter our country through our failed border.

Senate Homeland Security

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If you look at the non-intrusive X-rays that we have at the ports of entry, that X-ray at a checkpoint would've stopped what happened, they would have found people right away if they had the right technology… Those border patrol agents are trying to do their job, but it's very difficult for them to do their job.

Henry Cuellar

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Exploiting vulnerable individuals for profit is shameful, as is political grandstanding around tragedy, and my administration will continue to do everything possible to stop human smugglers and traffickers from taking advantage of people who are seeking to enter the United States between ports of entry.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Given the situation at the ports and the container shortages, sending product overseas isn't really an option.

Burt Flickinger

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I'm extremely nervous. I've seen this movie before, there's no real alternative to using these ports. I'm praying twice a day, rather than once.

Isaac Larian

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Russian Federation claims falsely that the international community's sanctions are to blame for worsening the global food crisis. Sanctions are not blocking Black Sea ports, trapping ships filled with food, and destroying Ukrainian roads and railways, russia is.

Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you don't get this port issue resolved and open, Ukraine's economy completely collapses, it becomes landlocked like Moldova. The ports are critical.

David Beasley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Millions of people around the world will die because these ports are being blocked.

David Beasley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Judith Lund said in an interview. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP While at least 214 whaling voyages ventured into The Gulf, Judith Lund said, ships from the Northeast rarely made extended port calls in Southern cities like New Orleans or Mobile, Alabama, because of the threat to crew members who weren't white. That may may have been a reason the whaling ship that rescued Industry's crew took the men back to Massachusetts, where slavery was outlawed in the 1780s, rather than landing in the South. ‘’ The people who whaled in the Gulf of Mexico knew it was risky to go into those ports down there because they had mixed crews.

Judith Lund

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

However, it would get very difficult to operate for long if many allied nations impose similar prohibitions, vessels need ports, fuel, operators/captains, repairs and supplies. Without access to these things they could be stuck floating at sea waiting for rescue or resolution.

Amber Vitale

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Identifying close relatives indicates that poachers are likely going back to the same populations repeatedly -- year after year -- and tusks are then acquired and smuggled out of Central Africa on container ships by the same criminal network, this criminal strategy makes it much harder for authorities to track and seize these shipments because of the immense pressure they are under to move large volumes of containers quickly through ports.

Samuel Wasser

Found on CNN
2 years ago

However, the energy crisis and reports of new checks causing delays at ports are challenging many firms in the sector.

Rhys Herbert

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

There have been signs that some stubborn supply chain pressures have started to ease, however, the energy crisis and reports of new checks causing delays at ports are challenging many firms in the sector.

Rhys Herbert

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

We have to address the fact that we have got to deal with the fact that folks are paying for gas, paying for groceries, and are – need solutions to it. So let's talk about that, short-term solution includes what we need to do around the supply chain, right ? So, we went to the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Savannah, Georgia, and said,' Hey, guys, no more five days a week, eight hours a day ; 24/7, let's move the products because people need their product – they need what they need.' We're dealing with Los Angeles in terms of the long term. And that's about what we need to do to pass Build Back Better. Build Back Better strengthens our economy.

Charlamagne Tha God A Harris

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Starting on January 22, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security will require that non-U.S. individuals entering the United States via land ports of entry or ferry terminals along our Northern and Southern borders be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and be prepared to show related proof of vaccination, these updated travel requirements reflect the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to protecting public health while safely facilitating the cross-border trade and travel that is critical to our economy.

Alejandro Mayorkas

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's going to modernize our ports with $17 billion dollars in investment. ... We're going to reduce congestion. We're going to address repair and maintenance backlogs, deploy state of the art technologies and make our ports cleaner and more efficient. And we're going to do the same with our airports and freight rail.

The President

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That in itself will just overwhelm the port facilities, you're not able to get the cargo off the ports when you consider the backlogs within the rail and the road network.

Jonathan Daniels

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

California's ports are critical to our local, state and national economies and the state is taking action to support goods movement in the face of global disruptions, my administration will continue to work with federal, state and industry partners on innovative solutions to tackle immediate challenges while also bringing our distribution processes into the 21st century.

Governor Newsom

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I am glad the Administration is finally acting on this issue and now it’s time to approve the Major Disaster Declaration I asked for more than a week ago. The backlog in our ports has caused ships to idle off our coastline for weeks, which may have contributed to the oil spill that devastated our community. I urge the President to approve this request and applaud these efforts to get these ships moving quickly and out of our coastal waters.

Michelle Steel

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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