Port

A Port, short for Portside is a maritime stronghold or establishment comprising one or more wharves, where ships load and discharged cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports are also found far inland, such Hamburg, Eastwood, Port Franco, Finland, and Port Chester etc.; these access the sea via rivers or canals. Because of their roles as ports of entry for immigrants as well as soldiers in wartime, many ports cities have experienced dramatic multi-ethnic and multi-cultural changes throughout the centuries. 
Ports are extremely important to the Global Economy; most of the market trade by value passes through a port. For this very reason, ports are also often densely populated settlements that provide labor for handling goods and related services for the ports, such can be the coastal guard, pleasure houses, and government offices (for stamping coins for the treasury). Anyhow, countless smaller ports exist that only serve as local tourism or fishing industries.