harbor![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Site for refueling and repairing ships, loading and unloading cargo and embarking and disembarking passengers.
bulk terminal ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Area with installations and equipment to store, sort and handle bulk items, such as ore and coal.
customs house ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Structure where inspection and legal operations related to imported and exported cargo are carried out.
parking lot ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Area for parking vehicles.
office building ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Structure where personnel who administer the port work.
road transport ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Transportation of cargo by truck on public roads.
container terminal ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Area with installations and equipment to store, sort and handle containers.
bridge ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Structure consisting of a girder and posts that rolls along tracks moving containers.
terminal railway ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Railroad tracks leading onto a wharf for transshipping containers from a ship to a car or vice versa.
oil terminal ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Area with installations and equipment to store petroleum products and load them into tankers.
tanker ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Ship with large reservoirs for transporting liquid petroleum products.
ferryboat ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Shuttle boat for carrying vehicles with their cargo and passengers.
passenger terminal ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Structures and facilities where passengers embark and disembark ships.
lighthouse ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Tower with a powerful lamp at the top for guiding ships.
cold shed ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Insulated refrigerated structure for storing perishable foodstuffs.
container ship ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Ship that is designed for transporting cargo in containers in its hold and on its deck.
ramp ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Slope leading from the wharf to the level of the water.
container-loading bridge ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Cantilevered gantry crane along the quay for loading and unloading containers.
dock ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Enclosed basin where ships take on and unload cargo.
floating crane ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Dock crane that is mounted on a floating movable platform and often used for carrying heavy cargo.
grain terminal ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Area with installations and equipment for storing, sorting and handling grain.
canal lock ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
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 ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Dock where water is pumped out so that a ship’s hull can be repaired, cleaned or painted.
dock crane ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
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 ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Structure for docking ships so that passengers can embark and disembark and cargo can be loaded and unloaded.
transit shed ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Warehouse located near the wharf for temporarily storing cargo.
gate ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Waterproof device that closes a dock.
silos ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Very large, usually cylindrical, reservoirs for storing products in bulk, especially grain.