Which preposition to use with seaport

of Occurrences 93%

It is only a day's journey from the seaport of the ocean steamers, having waterway all the year round and a good beach front.

in Occurrences 54%

The capture of Calais by the Germans would have been a severe blow to England, for with the French seaport in their possession, the Germans, with their great guns, would have been able to command the English channel and a considerable portion of the North Sea coast.

on Occurrences 35%

The Italian policy in relation to Flume was wrecked on the rock of President Wilson's firm determination that the Jugo-Slavs should have a seaport on the Adriatic sufficient for their needs and that Italy should not control the approaches to that port.

at Occurrences 4%

The Portuguese seaport at present receives some 67 per cent, of the traffic from the Rand, while the Cape ports, which in 1894 had 80 per cent, of the freight, now receive only n per cent.

from Occurrences 3%

we shall hev to pay?" "Not more, perhaps, than you can afford; only California, and every Atlantic seaport from Portland to Galveston.

along Occurrences 2%

In position Johannesburg is like the hub of a wheel from which the railways radiate as spokes to the seaports along the rim.

to Occurrences 2%

Ships loaded with metals, woods, and pitch went from European seaports to Alexandria and Constantinople, and brought back silks and cashmeres, muslins, dyewoods, spices, perfumes, ivory, precious stones, and pearls.

under Occurrences 2%

This campaign was conducted by means of personal interviews with the representatives of the principal Powers, and particularly with those of the United States because it was apparently felt that the chief opposition to the demand would come from that quarter, since the President was known to favor the general proposition that every nation should have free access to the sea and, if possible, a seaport under its own sovereignty.

by Occurrences 1%

"Its chief value to the Latin compact, gentlemen, is that the United States and England are now concluding negotiations, unknown to each other, by which they will protect their seaports by means of mines primed with this cap.

near Occurrences 1%

MERGUI, a small seaport near the mouth of the Tenasserim, British Burma, which exports birds' nests to China.

into Occurrences 1%

A considerable part of the population had been employed in various branches of the traffic carried on by means of the many canals which conveyed merchandise from the seaports into the interior, and to the different continental markets.

Which preposition to use with  seaport