"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 ...
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registration documents and lettered on the stern of the ship´s hull. In the cruise industry the term "home port" is also often used in reference to the port in which a ship will take on / change over the majority of its passengers while taking on stores, supplies and fuel." - (en.wikipedia.org 17.09.2020)