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Port regionalization: towards a new phase in port development

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Pages 297-313 | Published online: 21 Feb 2007

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  • The Port of Albany offers free storage of empty containers, while empties are also returned free to New York. Given the existing imbalance in the trade, this last element is critical in the start-up phase. The federal government has supplied subsidies for congestion mitigation and air quality and to help pay for a mobile crane in the Port of Albany

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