PORT

port. 1. A harbor where ships load and unload cargo. [Cases: Navigable Waters  14. C.J.S. Navigable Waters § 37.] 2. Any place where persons and cargo are allowed to enter a country and where customs officials are stationed. — Also termed (in sense 2) port of entry.

foreign port. 1. One exclusively within the jurisdiction of another country or state. 2. A port other than a home port.

free port.A port located outside a country’s customs frontier, so that goods may be delivered usu. free of import duties or taxes, without being subjected to customs-control procedures; FREE-TRADE ZONE.

home port.The port that is either where a vessel is registered or where its owner resides. port of call.A port at which a ship stops during a voyage.

port of delivery.The port that is the terminus of any particular voyage and where the ship unloads its cargo.

port of departure.The port from which a vessel departs on the start of a voyage.

port of destination.The port at which a voyage is to end. • This term generally includes any stopping places at which the ship receives or unloads cargo.

port of discharge.The place where a substantial part of the cargo is discharged.

[Blacks Law 8th]