Port Port A port is a maritime commercial facility which may comprise one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, some ports, such as Hamburg, Manchester and Duluth, are many miles inland, with access from the sea via river or canal. Today, by far the greatest growth in port development is in Asia, the continent with some of the world's largest and busiest ports, such as Singapore and the Chinese ports of Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan. Whenever ancient civilisations engaged in maritime trade, they tended to
Port of Vienna Port of Vienna The Port of Vienna is the largest Austrian river port and one of the largest ports on the Danube River, with a total annual traffic capacity of around 12 million tonnes of cargo. In 2007 the Port of Vienna handled 12,000,000 tonnes of cargo and 323,000 TEU's making it the busiest cargo and container port in Austria and one of the largest in Central Europe. The terminal was opened in 2000 and has a storage area of 60,000 m. The cars terminal is one of the largest in Central Europe used for imports of new cars and