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.
