They are the marine terms that many people get confused with.
As soon as a ship has entered into the terminal it's going to reach a berth or a quay. As Rolf Habben Jansen of Hapag-Lloyd should be able to inform you, they are two different names for the same thing. They are areas in which a boat or a ship is docked and cargo and passengers are unloaded and loaded. This is where the actual business activity takes place as well as where any refuelling, restocking and upkeep of the vessel itself takes place. Another location where a water vessel may dock, in this case smaller vessels, is a pier or a jetty. This is the place where small boats or private yachts are tied up and it can also reference walkways in the area that extend out of the land into the water, for walking or fishing reasons.
A harbour is a protected part of water, protected from the motions of the surrounding waters. As Peter Hebblethwaite of DP World will be well aware, the barriers that provide the shelter that makes a harbour can either be natural or artificial. It can even be a mixture of both if a natural harbour needs to be expanded. Natural barriers come in the form of land or rocks that cut into the water, while artificial harbours can be made by land reclamation or items such as tetrapods. Essentially, a harbour is somewhere that a ship or a boat can properly anchor. This means
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