noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ bustling , busy
▪ major
▪ coastal , foreign , home , sea
▪ Channel , Gulf , etc.
▪ cargo , coal ( BrE ), commercial , ferry , fishing
VERB + PORT
▪ come into , enter , reach
▪
The vessel reached ~ the next morning.
▪ leave
PORT + NOUN
▪ area , city , town
▪ authority
▪ facilities
▪ security
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
Bad weather kept the ship in ~ for three more days.
▪ into ~
▪
She tried to steer the boat into ~.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of call
▪
Our next ~ of call was Bermuda.
▪ a ~ of entry (= where people or goods can enter a country officially)
▪
Foreign visitors are fingerprinted at the ~ of entry.