Portus (-ūs, m.) est structura naturalis aut ab hominibus aedificata mari vel lacui aut flumini adiacens, quae naves accipit et tegit.

Primi portus magni fuerunt portus Wadi al-Jarf^[1] apud Mare rubrum, portus urbis Quanchei Sinarum, portus Canopi Aegyptici, portus Athenensis Piraeus, portus Indicus Lothal, Ostia Antica antiquus portus urbis Romae.

Portus habent muros ripenses, stipites ad naves funibus ligandas, ciconias ad merces in naves et ex navibus transportandas. Aedificia et plateae ad merces condendas praebere gubernatoribus portum oportet. Inter naves, tramina ferriviara oneraria vel autocineta oneraria portus sunt loci commeati intermodali maximi momenti.

Rectores portum plura genera navium adiutricium gerunt, e.g. naves tractrices, naves gubernatorum, naves ciconiae, naves siphonariorum, arceras, naves vigilium.

• Portus naturales in sinis maritimis vel fiordis
• Portus maris
• Portus fluviales
• Portus lacuum

• Portus periegetici
• Portus onerarii
• Portus contineriorum
• Portus piscatorum
• Portus navium lusoriarum
• Portus militares
• Portus sicci

• Bremae Portus
• Devonport
• Karachi
• Mombasa
• Odessus
• Piraeus
• Plimmuta
• Portus margaritarum
• Portus Novi Eboraci
• Portus Roterodami
• Thuiscoburgum

• Aëroportus
• Portolani

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Portus spectant.

• Portus piscatoriae Franciae.
• Situs societatis technologiae portualis et ripalis.

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