1.   Broadfoot estimates that a third of that traffic will disappear after the United States and other countries start shipping directly to mainland ports.

2.   The Outer Hebrides can be reached by air from Glasgow and Inverness or by ferry from mainland ports.

3.   A growing number of Chinese companies are selling stock in Hong Kong subsidiaries, offering foreign investors a stake in mainland ports, roads and other facilities.

4.   As a result, the companies are concerned that the development of mainland ports will further slow the growth of cargo volume through Hong Kong.

5.   Investigators said the suspects admitted smuggling diesel oil from a nearby mainland port.

6.   Last week members of the Albanian mafia stole a small Greek coast guard patrol boat from a mainland port near the border.

7.   Foreign-owned vessels are not eligible to run the routes between Kaohsiung and the two mainland ports.

8.   Foreign-owned vessles are not eligible to run the routes between Kaohsiung and the two mainland ports.

9.   Under the deal, shippers would be allowed to ply between three Taiwanese and mainland ports, establishing the first such direct trade links in almost five decades.

10.   Vessels owned by neither Chinese nor Taiwanese concerns are not eligible to run the routes between Kaohsiung and the two mainland ports.