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port captain

American  

noun

Nautical.
  1. an official in charge of the harbor activities of a seaport.

  2. marine superintendent.


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Tyler Askari, assistant port captain with Harbor Breeze Cruises, said the tour agency had received reports of possible orcas Monday morning from ferry crews operating between the mainland and Catalina Island.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2023

By Monday 68 positive cases, including a handful among the passengers, had been detected, port captain Diogo Vieira Branco told the Lusa news agency.

From Reuters Jan. 3, 2022

John Knutson delegated the task of talking to a reporter to senior port captain John Ericson, who has been with the company practically as long as Knutson himself.

From Washington Times Aug. 22, 2015

State logs show he gavepermission to boost capacity to 1,200 in a 3:18 p.m. conversation with Bill Michael, ferry port captain for south Puget Sound, said Coursey.

From Seattle Times Sep. 25, 2014

The "port captain," to whom his report was to be made, was the commander of a lordly seventy-four.

From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by W. O. Stoddard

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