port authority.
governmental or quasi-governmental public authority formed to operate ports and other transportation infrastructure
‘I Messed Up’ Audio Captures Moments Before Air Canada Crash
In the heart-stopping moments before a deadly runway collision, an air traffic controller can be heard urgently shouting commands as an Air Canada Express jet barreled into danger. The target: a Port Authority…
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A port authority is a governmental or quasi-governmental public authority for a special-purpose district usually formed by a legislative body to operate ports and other transportation infrastructure. In Canada, the federal minister of transport selects the local chief executive board member and the rest of the board is appointed at the recommendation of port users to the federal minister; while all Canadian port authorities have a federal or Crown charter called letters patent.
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