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  2. Roller furling - Wikipedia

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    A simple home-built jib furler, showing the furling line ready to furl the jib, and (inset) showing the furled jib This staysail schooner's large genoa has been roller-furled away, while its staysails are hanked on. Roller furling is a method of furling (i.e. reefing) a yacht's staysail by rolling the sail around a stay.

  3. Joji Ilagan International Schools - Wikipedia

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    Joji Ilagan International School of Hotel and Tourism Management (JIB-IS) is an educational institution located at Leon Llido Street, Barangay City Heights, General Santos, established in 2010. It is the branch school of JIB in Soccsksargen offering Tourism, Hospitality, Culinary and Entrepreneurship programs.

  4. Crane (machine) - Wikipedia

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    The long horizontal jib is the part of the crane that carries the load. The counter-jib carries a counterweight, usually of concrete blocks, while the jib suspends the load to and from the center of the crane. The crane operator either sits in a cab at the top of the tower or controls the crane by radio remote control from the ground.

  5. Jib (crane) - Wikipedia

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    This specific example uses a level luffing mechanism to maintain the load at approximately the same vertical height as the jib moves through its range of travel. A jib or jib arm is the horizontal or near-horizontal beam used in many types of crane to support the load clear of the main support. [1] [2] An archaic spelling is gib. [3]

  6. Port of Iloilo - Wikipedia

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    It serves the city, province of Iloilo, and the entire island of Panay in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. It is located in the districts of Iloilo City Proper and Lapuz , on the southeastern coast of Panay, in Iloilo Strait , and one of the country’s safest and most natural harbors. [ 3 ]

  7. Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines

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    Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines, also known as HHIC Phil, was a Philippines-based shipbuilding company established in February 2006 by Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction of South Korea. In the same month, its first shipbuilding contract was signed for four container ships.

  8. Tutuban Center - Wikipedia

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    Tutuban Center occupies a full two city blocks from Recto Avenue on the south to Mayhaligue Street on the north where the present Tutuban railway station is located. It is bounded by Antonio Rivera Street to the east and Dagupan Street to the west, right in the middle of Manila's bargain shopping capital, Divisoria.

  9. Port of Manila - Wikipedia

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    This was the galleon trade that connected the Philippines to Spain via Mexico, another Spanish territory. From the end of the galleon trade, through the American Colonial Era of the Philippines and Philippine independence , until today, the Port of Manila has been the main port of the Philippines for both domestic and international trade.