1. Definition and role of seaports
1.1 Definition
A port is a geographical location through which goods and/or passengers transit.
A seaport is a port that welcomes seagoing vessels, and is a meeting point for these vessels and all the various modes of land transport. It is also necessarily a teleport through which all the computerized data essential to facilitating the transit of both ships and goods is transmitted.
Inland ports that handle seagoing vessels, such as Antwerp on the Scheldt and Rouen on the Seine, are also, of course, seaports.
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Reform of French ports: the two main texts are :
Law n° 2008-660 of July 4, 2008 on port reform published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française (JORF) of July 5, 2008 ;
Décret n° 2008-1032 du 9 octobre 2008 pris en application de la loi n° 2008-660 du 4 juillet 2008 portant réforme portuaire et portant diverses dispositions en matière portuaire published in the...
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