Port of Gennevilliers Port of Gennevilliers The Port of Gennevilliers is the largest port in the Ile-de-France and the largest French river port. It is located in the commune of Gennevilliers in the north of the Hauts-de-Seine. The port is primarily a commercial port. It is an important delivery terminal for semi-finished non-perishable freight from lower-Seine (via Le Havre), and also for heavy materials carried by the French canal system. These items are mostly heavy, low value-added bulk materials: sand and gravel, cement, finished building materials (such as metal frames), packaging materials (paper, pallets) or certain dangerous chemicals. The port is suitable for
Steamboats of the Colorado River Fort Yuma at Jaeger's Ferry. In 1858, 1 mile above Colorado City, across the river from Fort Yuma, Arizona City was founded, (renamed Yuma in 1873). In 1865, a better location for an anchorage, and a port and shipyard was established at Port Isabel, Sonora, 157 miles below Fort Yuma and 7 miles east of the river mouth on the eastern outlet of the river. In 1873, Lerdo Landing appeared on the river, 3 miles above Port Famine, to connect the pioneering agricultural settlement of Colonia Lerdo to the steamboat traffic on the river. Port Isabel remained in use until