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    This document differentiates between various harbor and port structures and terms. It defines ports as locations for loading and unloading cargo that are located inside of harbors, which provide shelter from weather. Natural harbors are surrounded by land on most sides and have entrance points to the sea, while artificial harbors are constructed platforms that may serve as ports. The document also defines structures like wharves, piers, moles, quays, wet docks, dry docks, breakwaters, and turning basins. Finally, it defines related terms like slipways, jetties, longshore currents, tides, and currents.

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    This document differentiates between various harbor and port structures and terms. It defines ports as locations for loading and unloading cargo that are located inside of harbors, which provide shelter from weather. Natural harbors are surrounded by land on most sides and have entrance points to the sea, while artificial harbors are constructed platforms that may serve as ports. The document also defines structures like wharves, piers, moles, quays, wet docks, dry docks, breakwaters, and turning basins. Finally, it defines related terms like slipways, jetties, longshore currents, tides, and currents.

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    This document differentiates between various harbor and port structures and terms. It defines ports as locations for loading and unloading cargo that are located inside of harbors, which provide shelter from weather. Natural harbors are surrounded by land on most sides and have entrance points to the sea, while artificial harbors are constructed platforms that may serve as ports. The document also defines structures like wharves, piers, moles, quays, wet docks, dry docks, breakwaters, and turning basins. Finally, it defines related terms like slipways, jetties, longshore currents, tides, and currents.

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    This document differentiates between various harbor and port structures and terms. It defines ports as locations for loading and unloading cargo that are located inside of harbors, which provide shelter from weather. Natural harbors are surrounded by land on most sides and have entrance points to the sea, while artificial harbors are constructed platforms that may serve as ports. The document also defines structures like wharves, piers, moles, quays, wet docks, dry docks, breakwaters, and turning basins. Finally, it defines related terms like slipways, jetties, longshore currents, tides, and currents.

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    Alyssa Jane A.

    Curay
    BSCE-5B
    Ports and Harbors

    I. Differentiate

    1. Ports and Harbor -

    PORTS HARBOR

    a) Harbor is a place on the coast where ships, boats and barges can seek
    shelter from a stormy weather whereas, port is a location on the coast that
    can be used to load and unload cargo.

    b) A port is located inside a harbor, where as a harbor cannot be located inside


    a port.

    c) The purpose of a harbor is to provide shelter from the weather conditions,


    whereas the purpose of a port is to load and unload cargo.

    d) A harbor is usually a natural structure whereas ports are generally artificially


    created.

    e) Ports are commercial entities and often have many facilities like warehouses
    to store cargo and well built transportation system. Harbors do not provide
    as many facilities as ports.
    2. Natural and Artificial Harbors- Natural harbors are surrounded by land on most
    sides and have entrance points to the sea while an artificial harbor is a
    constructed platform that may serve as a port. Harbor can also be used for
    recreational facilities for yacht owners.

    3. Wharf and Pier -

    WHARF PIER

    Wharf is a man-made structure on a river or by the sea, which provide an area for
    ships to safety dock while a Pier is a normally wooden, structure which protrudes
    from the shore at a level above the sea level water, allowing ships to disembark
    passengers in a deeper water further out. The length of the pier may also provide
    berths for smaller boats.

    4. Mole and Quay -


    MOLE QUAY

    Mole is a massive, usually stone wall constructed in the sea, used as a breakwater and
    built to enclose or protect an anchorage or a harbor whereas Quay is technically a part of
    the river bank or coastline which has been modified so ships can dock at it parallel to the
    shore.

    5. Wet Dock and Dry Dock -

    WET DOCK DRY DOCK

    Wet dock is a dock where the water is shut in and kept at a given level to facilitate the
    loading and unloading of ships while the dry dock is a dock that can be kept dry for use
    during the construction or repairing of ships.
    6. Breakwater and Turning Basin

    BREAKWATER TURNING BASIN

    Breakwater is an offshore structure such as wall protecting a harbor or beach from the
    force of waves whereas turning basin is an enlarged space at the end of a canal or narrow
    channel to permit boats to turn around.

    II. Definition

    1. Slipway - an inclined usually concrete


    surface for a ship being built or repaired.
    2. Jetty - A structure extended into
    sea,lake, or river to influence the current
    or tide or to protect a harbor.

    3. Long-shore Current - Longshore


    Current is an ocean current which moves
    parallel to the shore. These currents can be
    found in any beach which is prone to breaking
    wave.

    4. Tide - the inflow, outflow, or current


    of water at any given place resulting
    from the waves of tides.
    5. Current - a tidal or non-tidal
    movement of lake or ocean water.

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