harbor

Site for refueling and repairing ships, loading and unloading cargo and embarking and disembarking passengers.

bulk terminal

Area with installations and equipment to store, sort and handle bulk items, such as ore and coal.

customs house

Structure where inspection and legal operations related to imported and exported cargo are carried out.

parking lot

Area for parking vehicles.

office building

Structure where personnel who administer the port work.

road transport

Transportation of cargo by truck on public roads.

container terminal

Area with installations and equipment to store, sort and handle containers.

bridge

Structure consisting of a girder and posts that rolls along tracks moving containers.

terminal railway

Railroad tracks leading onto a wharf for transshipping containers from a ship to a car or vice versa.

oil terminal

Area with installations and equipment to store petroleum products and load them into tankers.

tanker

Ship with large reservoirs for transporting liquid petroleum products.

ferryboat

Shuttle boat for carrying vehicles with their cargo and passengers.

passenger terminal

Structures and facilities where passengers embark and disembark ships.

lighthouse

Tower with a powerful lamp at the top for guiding ships.

cold shed

Insulated refrigerated structure for storing perishable foodstuffs.

container ship

Ship that is designed for transporting cargo in containers in its hold and on its deck.

ramp

Slope leading from the wharf to the level of the water.

container-loading bridge

Cantilevered gantry crane along the quay for loading and unloading containers.

dock

Enclosed basin where ships take on and unload cargo.

floating crane

Dock crane that is mounted on a floating movable platform and often used for carrying heavy cargo.

grain terminal

Area with installations and equipment for storing, sorting and handling grain.

canal lock

Structure with a lock-chamber that can be filled with water or emptied to raise or lower a ship from one water level to another.

dry dock

Dock where water is pumped out so that a ship’s hull can be repaired, cleaned or painted.

dock crane

Crane that rolls along rails the length of the wharf and uses a moving arm to load and unload cargo in forms such as container, bulk and break bulk.

wharf

Structure for docking ships so that passengers can embark and disembark and cargo can be loaded and unloaded.

transit shed

Warehouse located near the wharf for temporarily storing cargo.

gate

Waterproof device that closes a dock.

silos

Very large, usually cylindrical, reservoirs for storing products in bulk, especially grain.