What's the difference between a port and a dock?

Difference: the port is a whole, the dock is a part, and the dock is only an important part of the port.

Hydraulic structure for ships to dock, load and unload goods and get on and off passengers. The vertical wharf is widely used, which is convenient for ships to dock, and the machinery directly drives to the front of the wharf to improve the loading and unloading efficiency.

Port is a transportation hub located along the coast of sea, river, lake and reservoir, equipped with water transportation equipment, and has the conditions for safe entry, exit and berthing of ships. It is the distribution center and hub of land and water transportation, the distribution center of industrial and agricultural products and foreign trade import and export materials, and the place where ships dock, load and unload goods, get on and off passengers and replenish materials.

Extended data

Because the port is the natural interface between inland hinterland and ocean transportation and international air transportation, people also regard the port as a special node of international logistics.

In a broad sense, docks also include warehouses, yards, waiting halls, loading and unloading equipment, railways and highways. It is not difficult to understand why ports and docks are put forward together. They are closely related and complement each other.

The important steps of port planning, the scope of port economic hinterland, traffic, industrial and agricultural production and mineral deposits, as well as the situation of goods, cargo flow and freight volume, are important basis for determining port location; It is necessary to conduct extensive investigation, research, analysis and demonstration.

Natural conditions are the technical basis for determining the port site. Therefore, the areas with conditions to build ports should carry out in-depth investigation and study on port engineering survey, coastal hydrology, meteorology, geology and geomorphology, supplemented by necessary scientific experiments, and then carry out port site selection.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Port