Out port
Also called: Outport · Topic: International Trade: Patterns, Ports and the WTO · NCERT: Class 12, Ch 8 "International Trade"
Meaning
An out port is a deep-water port built some distance away from an older main port, called the parent port. It is built because modern ships have become too big to reach the parent port, which may be shallow or far inland. Large ships unload at the out port, and the goods then travel on to the parent city. This keeps an old port city linked to sea trade.
Example
Piraeus is the out port of Athens in Greece. It lies on the coast, a short distance from the city. China's shipping company COSCO has run Piraeus since 2016.
Don't confuse with
- Inland port: lies away from the coast and is reached by river or canal, mostly by barges. An out port is on the coast and built for very large ships.
Related concepts
- Industrial port
- Commercial port
- Comprehensive port
- Inland port
- Oil port
- Port of call
- Packet station
- Entrepot port
- Naval port
- Rotterdam