port authorities
Dock management agencies
Port authorities are governmental or quasi-governmental agencies that manage harbors, airports, and related transportation infrastructure.
They oversee operations, development, and security of ports and often surrounding facilities: The port authority approved expansion of the container terminal.
In the U.S., port authorities frequently control both seaports and airports within a region.
- docksShip mooring structures
- loading dockRaised platform for freight
- cargoTransported goods
- container shipsVessels transporting standardized freight boxes
- containerizationStandardized cargo packaging system
freight · sea freight · vessels · shipping lanes · longshoremen · harbor pilots · customs · customs clearance · cargo inspection · import duties · transshipment · harbor · piloting · maritime law · stevedoring · harbor master · cargo terminals · waterfront
- Maritime Organizationsyacht clubs, sailing clubs, boat clubs
- Maritime Industryshipping lines, container ships, merchant ships, steamships, merchant marine
- institutionsacademy, government, public hospitals, museum, public libraries
- portsseaport, harbor, seaports, harbors, dock
- shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, freight, package
- port facilitiesdocks, piers, wharves, quays, jetties
coastal/water vs. inland/air jurisdiction
port authoritiesairport authorities
Bodies overseeing flight facilities