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Port of New York and New Jersey

The Port of New York and New Jersey is the busiest container port on the US East Coast, operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan

The Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan, also known as Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, is a seaport complex in Zhejiang, China, and the world's busiest port by cargo, handling over 1.4 billion tons in 2025.

Port of Philadelphia

Port of Philadelphia (PhilaPort), a Delaware River seaport run by the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority since 1989; handles about 6.9 million metric tons of cargo, deepened channel to 45 feet, and is expanding with an $837 million investment and a new Norwegian Cruise Line homeport terminal.

Port of Piraeus

The Port of Piraeus is Greece's principal seaport, 7 km southwest of Athens, serving ferries, cruise ships, and container shipping under majority Chinese ownership by COSCO.

Port of Qingdao

The Port of Qingdao (青岛港) is a deep-water seaport on the south coast of the Shandong Peninsula, opened in 1892, ranking 4th in China in cargo and container throughput.

Port of Rotterdam

The Port of Rotterdam, at the mouth of the Rhine on the North Sea, is Europe's largest port, handling 428.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2025.

Port of Santos

The Port of Santos (Porto de Santos) is a seaport in São Paulo state, Brazil, the largest port complex in South America, handling about 30 percent of the country's exports.

Port of Savannah

The Port of Savannah is a deepwater container seaport on the Savannah River in Georgia, operated by the Georgia Ports Authority and among the busiest container ports in the United States.

Port of Seattle

The Port of Seattle is a municipal port district created by King County voters in 1911, the first in Washington State, operating Seattle's seaport and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Port of Shanghai

The Port of Shanghai (上海港) is the world's busiest container port, operated by SIPG, which in 2025 handled more than 55 million TEUs for its sixteenth consecutive year at the top.

Port of Shenzhen

The Port of Shenzhen (深圳港) is a group of seaports along Shenzhen's 260-kilometer coastline in Guangdong, China; in 2024 it handled a record 33.38 million TEUs, ranking fourth busiest in the world.

Port of Singapore

The Port of Singapore, also known as the Singapore port, is one of the world's busiest container transshipment hubs, located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.

Port of Tanjung Pelepas

The Port of Tanjung Pelepas is a container transshipment port on the southwestern tip of Peninsular Malaysia in Johor, opened in 1999 near the Singapore border.

Port of Tianjin

The Port of Tianjin (天津港) is the largest comprehensive port in North China, on the Bohai Sea, consistently ranking among the top 10 busiest ports worldwide by cargo throughput.

Port of Tokyo

The Port of Tokyo (東京港) is an international trade port on Tokyo Bay serving the 40-million-person metropolitan area, opened as a foreign trade port in 1941.

Port of Valencia

The Port of Valencia (Valenciaport) is a Spanish Mediterranean seaport in the city of Valencia, the leading container port of Spain and fourth in Europe.

Port of Vancouver

The Port of Vancouver is Canada's largest seaport, a complex of deep-water terminals on the coast of British Columbia managed by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

Port of Virginia

The Port of Virginia is Virginia's container and general cargo seaport, centered on Norfolk Harbor and operated by the state's Virginia Port Authority, the deepest on the East Coast.

Port of Yokohama

The Port of Yokohama (横浜港) is a commercial seaport in Yokohama, Japan, opened to international trade in 1859 and first in Japan for incoming foreign ships since 1964.

Port state control

Port state control (PSC) is the inspection of foreign ships in national ports to verify compliance with international maritime rules, acting as a backstop when flag states fail to enforce standards.

Portland-class cruiser

The Portland-class cruiser was a class of two US Navy heavy cruisers, USS Portland and USS Indianapolis, built in 1930-1933 under the Washington Naval Treaty.

Ports America

Ports America is an American marine terminal operator and stevedoring company headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, handling cargo at ports on all three U.S. coasts.

Prairial (tanker)

Prairial was a French ultra large crude carrier completed in December 1979 at Saint-Nazaire, the last of the four Batillus-class tankers and among the largest ships ever built.

Pre-dreadnought battleship

A pre-dreadnought battleship is a battleship built between roughly 1890 and 1905, carrying four heavy guns plus medium batteries, until HMS Dreadnought made the type obsolete in 1906.

Princess Cruises

Princess Cruises, also known as Princess Cruise Line, is an American-British cruise line founded in 1965 by Stanley B. McDonald, known as the setting of "The Love Boat".

Prize money (naval)

Prize money was a payment to naval officers and crew from the court-condemned value of enemy ships and cargo, shaping naval warfare from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.

Project 17B-class frigate

Project 17B, also known as Project 17 Bravo, is an Indian Navy program for seven next-generation stealth frigates, Nilgiri-class follow-ons tendered by open bidding in 2026 for service in the 2030s.

Project 18-class destroyer

Project 18, also called the Next Generation Destroyer, is a planned class of stealth guided-missile destroyers for the Indian Navy, still in the design phase as of 2025.

Project 22160 patrol ship

The Project 22160 patrol ship is a class of modular offshore patrol vessels built for the Russian Navy, with six ships ordered for the Black Sea Fleet.

Project 76 submarine

Project 76, or P-76, is an Indian Navy program for indigenous diesel-electric attack submarines of about 3,000 tonnes, the first class India would design and build itself.