Definition: Port

Category: Transport

A place for vessels to moor and to load or unload cargo or to disembark or embark passengers to or from vessels, usually directly to a pier.
(Fourth version of the Transport Glossary)


Place having facilities for merchant ships to moor and to load or unload cargo or to disembark or embark passengers to or from vessels (Source: European Union, Directive 2009/42/EC).
(Third version of the Transport Glossary)


A place having facilities for merchant ships to moor and to load or unload cargo or to disembark or embark passengers to or from vessels, usually directly to a pier (Source: Glossary For Transport Statistics).
(Second version of the Transport Glossary) http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/transport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED European Union, Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 onEurostat, ECMT, UN/ECE, "Glossary for Transport Statistics", 3rd Edition, Luxembourg 2003