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 Memphis Port of Memphis The Port of Memphis is an active port in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It is located on President's Island which is a peninsula. It is the second largest inland port on the shallow draft portion of the Mississippi River, and the 4th largest inland Port in the United States and 40th largest port in the United States. The International Port of Memphis covers the Tennessee and Arkansas sides of the Mississippi River from river Mile 725 to mile 740. It has the ability to connect to Sea via the Mississippi River, or by Rail using any of