Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inférieure. The department can be split into three main areas: The département was created in 1790 as Seine-Inférieure, one of five departements that replaced the former province of Normandy. In 1800 five arrondissements were created within the département, namely Rouen, Le Havre, Dieppe, Neufchatel and Yvetot, although the latter two were disbanded in 1926. On 18
History of the Port of Tianjin the town’s name. Sanhui Harbor served as a forward logistics base for the Tang’s campaigns against the Khitans and Goguryeo, with coastal ships and canal barges transporting 500,000 "dan" of grain each year. In 960, the Haihe became the border between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty. The Haihe port became divided: the Song port was Nigu Harbor (泥沽海口) to the south of the Haihe, and the Liao port was at Junliangcheng，to the north. In 1043, the Yellow River had one of its frequent cataclysmic course changes, and until 1194 it took over the course of the Haihe. In