HOMEPORT
Home port
A vessel's home port is the port at which it is based, which may not be the same as its port of registry shown on its registration documents and lettered on the stern of the ship's hull. In the cruise industry the term "home port" is often mistakenly used in reference to a ship's port of departure.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Home port
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