port of call
noun phrase
1
: an intermediate port where ships customarily stop for supplies, repairs, or transshipment of cargo
2
: a stop included on an itinerary
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World Europa spends most of the year sailing the Western Mediterranean, and passengers can embark at any of the ship’s ports of call.
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Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
Among the 27 ports of call during the 16-month circumnavigation are the Galapagos islands, Tahiti, the Cocos islands, and Reunion—remote, bucket-list destinations most sailors will only dream about.
—Helen Iatrou, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Norwegian Epic has had multiple medical incidents aboard the current sailing, with ambulances stationed to meet the ship at its first port of call, Cozumel, Mexico, on Monday, December 23, as well as at Ocho Rios on Christmas Day.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
The first port of call will be sorting out a registration headache involving Dani Olmo, Pau Victor and Andreas Christensen.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
Among the 27 ports of call during the 16-month circumnavigation are the Galapagos islands, Tahiti, the Cocos islands, and Reunion—remote, bucket-list destinations most sailors will only dream about.
—Helen Iatrou, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Norwegian Epic has had multiple medical incidents aboard the current sailing, with ambulances stationed to meet the ship at its first port of call, Cozumel, Mexico, on Monday, December 23, as well as at Ocho Rios on Christmas Day.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
The first port of call will be sorting out a registration headache involving Dani Olmo, Pau Victor and Andreas Christensen.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Port of call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20call. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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