🔍 Key Concepts

• Difference between publications that focus on port characteristics and services vs. those that focus on coastal/navigation details • Which U.S. government publication is designed specifically to list ports worldwide with brief information, rather than turn‑by‑turn coastal sailing guidance • The typical use of Distances Between Ports compared to planning what facilities are available in a port

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: which book would a ship’s master use to quickly look up what facilities (fuel, repairs, berths) exist at a given foreign port? • Which publication is organized by coastlines and coastal features, and which is organized as a reference list of ports with summary data? • If you needed to know how far it is from New York to Rotterdam, which book would you use—and is that the same one you’d use to learn what services are in Rotterdam?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which option is primarily a tabular listing of ports worldwide with concise information about each • Eliminate any publication that is focused mainly on coastal piloting directions or narrative coastal descriptions • Confirm which title is used specifically for planning port calls and assessing port facilities/services rather than route distances