: the port from which a ship hails or from which it is documented
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Verb
Icon will homeport in Miami with its first sailing in January 2024.—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Nov. 2023 The cruise line will also add another ship, the Disney Adventure, in 2025, which will homeport in Singapore and mark the brand’s first to sail in Southeast Asia.—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Noun
The record activity is reflected in several new ships sailing out of PortMiami, including Oceania’s Vista, Carnival Cruise Line Costa Venezia and Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Viva.
Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas arrived in January at what will be its home port.—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2024 The Nieuw Amsterdam returned Saturday to its home port of Fort Lauderdale, guests disembarked, and the vessel has embarked on a cruise with a stop in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, on Monday, Holland America said.—Marissa Parra, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for homeport
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