leave port

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A vessel can leave port under one name and flag state and appear at another port with a different name and registration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The incident has also raised corruption concerns, Lopez said, with members of the coast guard and the country's maritime authority tasked with permitting ships to leave port also under investigation.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

At State Pier in New London, Connecticut, blades and massive tower sections for South Fork are lined up, ready to leave port for the sea where they’ll be erected in the coming weeks.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

The first vessel carrying Ukrainian grain allowed to leave port since the start of the war left Odesa on Monday bound for Lebanon, under a safe passage deal brokered by Turkey and the United Nations.

From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2022

Numbers of vessels leave port, and are never again heard of.

From Old Jack by Kingston, William Henry Giles