What Does “Port of Call” Means?

What is the Port Of Call?

A port of call is an intermediate stop for a ship on its scheduled journey for cargo operation or transporting supplies or fuel. It is a port where a ship stops except its home port.

Per the Shipping Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation, a “port of call” can be defined as the port of a country where cargo or a passenger (cruise) ship halts to discharge or load cargo or to embark or disembark passengers.

While the term ports is generalised to include facilities feasible to people and cargo, the term port of call has a different