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  • He said the facility will include a grains terminal, ship-handling and warehousing facilities, and a fuel depot for the storage, handling and distribution of products of the San Miguel group.

    San Miguel Planning Logistics Complex in Manila Cris Larano 2011

  • According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the vessel's pilot has been involved in four ship-handling incidents (including one grounding) in recent years.

    A Nasty Spill 2007

  • The consummate observer, Mr. McPhee rides along with the owner-driver of an 18-wheel hazmat-carrying truck across the U.S.; with skippers at a large ship-handling school in France; with large-scale towboaters on the Illinois River; and with colossal coal-train operators in Wyoming.

    How It Gets There From Here��� With McPhee Riding Shotgun 2006

  • The consummate observer, Mr. McPhee rides along with the owner-driver of an 18-wheel hazmat-carrying truck across the U.S.; with skippers at a large ship-handling school in France; with large-scale towboaters on the Illinois River; and with colossal coal-train operators in Wyoming.

    How It Gets There From Here- With McPhee Riding Shotgun 2006

  • The consummate observer, Mr. McPhee rides along with the owner-driver of an 18-wheel hazmat-carrying truck across the U.S.; with skippers at a large ship-handling school in France; with large-scale towboaters on the Illinois River; and with colossal coal-train operators in Wyoming.

    How It Gets There From Here- With McPhee Riding Shotgun 2006

  • Qualor II is known for its fine ship-handling and maintenance.

    No Limits Peter David 2003

  • Henry himself took the conn, and quickly demonstrated his ship-handling skills were superb.

    Joint Operations Douglass, Keith 2000

  • As a result, Adele immediately turned over ship-handling responsibilities to Jack, and gone down below to pull out a chart.

    Joint Operations Douglass, Keith 2000

  • The missiles will be targeted on Rathgeber's ship-handling facilities.

    Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985

  • Even if it should come to a fight that rule held good; by the laws of war a merchant ship was entitled to defend herself, and in that case the captain would still be in command as he would be in going about or laying a course or in any other matter of ship-handling.

    Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967

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