Introduction to Ports
- Traditionally, a Port was defined as a location on a coast or a shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people and/or cargo to and from land
- e.g. Mombasa Port, Dar-es-salaam Port, Port Bell, and Bujumbura Port.
- Today, Ports have become interfaces that facilitate the loading and offloading operations of cargo and passengers as well as the change of the mode of transport accordingly
- e.g. Magerwa in Rwanda, Multiple ICD in Uganda, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, JK airport in Tanzania, and Garreroutiere in Bujumbura.
- A port is a place to facilitate loading as well as unloading of vessels.
- It is a convergence point between freight circulation domains.