Question

What is the difference between dock and a port?

Answer 1

Hint:The earliest dicks were discovered in ancient Egypt under the Pharaoh of Khufu.The greatest development in ports is seen in Asia.

Complete answer: A dock is a manmade structure that is used for loading and unloading goods, exchange of passengers and the repairing of ships take place.The earliest docks in India dates back to 2400BC during the Indus Valley civilization in the city of Lothal.According to ancient historians, the Harappans possessed incredible knowledge about the seas,tides and oceans. They also had great engineering skills.The engineers in Lothal studied tidal movements. The differences between dock and port are:

Dock	Port
Built for the purpose of loading and unloading of goods.	A sea port is used for the exchange of passengers
Ships are brought in for repairment and inspection.	Very important for the global economy.

There are many kinds of ports: dry ports, fishing ports,inland ports, sea ports. Some of the major ports in the world are: Tangier Med in Africa, the Shanghai port which is the largest in the world, Port of Melbourne. In India the main ports are: Chennai Port in Tamil Nadu,Paradip port trust in Orissa,Visakhapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh.
Note: In American english a dock is synonymous to a pier or wharf. In India the important docks are: Cochin Shipyard limited in Cochin, Mazagon dock in Mumbai, Hindustan Shipyard limited in Visakhapatnam.