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Ship harbor in
Greece
A
harbor
(
American English
) or
harbour
(
British English
) is a place where
ships
may shelter. Some harbours are used as
port
s to load and unload ships. The port will have quays or
piers
where the ships may be moored or tied up and a
transport
system for taking goods inland. Often
railway
and road transport will be used. Goods also move by
pipeline
transport and by smaller ships on
rivers
.
Harbor means to shelter or keep safe. Harbors can be natural as in
San Francisco
or artificial as in ancient
Carthage
or a mix of both. During the
D-Day
operations of
1944
, two artificial harbors (named mulberry) were built just off the
beaches
where the invasion was happening.
