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
Transport in Belgium and passenger car production, with important plants operated by Volvo and Audi, and this is reflected in a relatively benign taxation environment whereby company cars are a still a popular and relatively tax efficient element in many remuneration packages. Brussels - Port of Brussels (also accessible for ocean-going ships)<br> Liège - Port of Liège (one of the busiest in Europe) European Sea Ports Organisation ESPO<br> European Federation of Inland Ports FEPI<br> Inland Navigation Europe INE<br> 2002 ranking of world ports by tonnage and by container volume (in TEU) Port ranking The Belgian waterway network has 2,043 km, 1,532 km of