London


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Europe, England Seaport, City London

City; (cap.) Great Britain; SE England, on both sides of the Thames R.; 51º30'N 00º08'W. London is one of the world’s greatest ports, handling 50,500,000 tons/45,803,500 metric tons in 1993. Oil and oil products have made up for a loss of containerized freight. Since 1991 the govt. has encouraged the privatization of port facilities and new piers have been built to accommodate imports of steel, lead, other metals, lumber, and newsprint.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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