The leaders signed accords expanding the air routes between the nations and restoring shipping activity to each other's ports for the first time in a decade.
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The company has increased its shipping activities since the signing of the country's peace treaty in 2002, and is now a leader in freight forwarding.
But the competition with Amsterdam was enormous, so the shipping activities got less.
The city by no means lost its function as a transit hub for commercial shipping activity in North Africa.
Today the shipping activities are among the world's leading companies in their respective segments with about 2000 employees and a global organization.
Secondly, there was a need to keep shipping activity under observation, both to control and assist if need be.
Yes, from the number of boats it is definitely a fleet rather than random shipping activity at a port.
From the bench there is a panorama view over the harbor and the quite lively shipping activity going on there.
They expanded their shipping activities and trade towards western Europe in the 16th century, taking advantage from the rapidly increasing need for grain.