ports

• Ports serve as the primary entry and exit points for international trade and act as key connection points for regions with diverse economies and markets.
• The strategic positioning of many ports along major international trade routes makes them essential hubs for trans shipment.​
• A Geographic Information System (GIS) integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analysing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information​
• Ports are located around the coast and are used to transport goods in shipping containers (e.g the Port of Felixstowe or passenger ferries and cruises such as the Port of Dover).
• ports are crucial in conjunction with roads and railways (Which transport goods and people to and from the ports) to the Uk economy.​
• The development of ports and marinas involves dredging deep channels through reef areas for safe navigation and berthing.​

  An example of this is the Thames Gateway which is Europe's largest regeneration project, stretching 40 miles along the Thames estuary from Canary Wharf in London to Southend in Essex and Sittingbourne in Kent.