港口类英文单词区别.pptx

不同词汇区别 港口-英文单词 1.preface During my trip to Canada I stayed in a coastal city – Vancouver – where I heard these words a lot. Being born and raised in a Brazilian inland city – Blumenau – the definition of those words were overlapping inside my head; I couldn’t understand their differences and neither could some native Canadians. When I asked them some would stop to think about it and start discussing with each other whether a specific place is a quay or harbour, for instance. Now, after researching (i.e. googling) for a while, I’m here to share with you what I’ve found. 2. Port A location on a shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer cargo/people to/from land. These locations can be huge and sometimes become the main economic activity of a city. In the premises of a port you will usually find a lot of stacked shipping containers as well as lined up cranes. It differentiates from a harbour as it involves all the warehouses, container parks and wharves, whereas harbour is only the enclosed/protected water area. Port Metro Vancouver A port is defined as an area on both land and water, whether on the sea or river, that provides facilities for shipping vessels to load and unload their cargo. This area, contained within port limits, will have been established over years of increasing or declining trade patterns and therefore is defined as the human set limits. There may be several harbours and/or terminals within the port limits. A good example of this is Sydney, new South Wales, Australia where the port contains several harbours, including Port Jackson, North and Middle Harbours. Further to this there are also several port types where different trade restrictions apply: 1. Free Ports, ports where international trade can be conducted with less strict Customs regulations, so saving time on paperwork and bottomline costs. Very useful if looking to transship cargo through a regional hub port. For that reason many regional hubs tend to have Free