Explanation: Sailed from there many a time. Ouistreham is about 12 km from the port of Caen. Being properly on the coast it has easier access to the sea, if not to the town itself. It is mainly a container port, but Brittany Ferries sail from there.
Among the many, many ideas this seems a good option - seaport or outer harbour might have worked too depending on the context (a bit different here since there were a number of seaports close to Caen, and the current canal set-up did not exist at the time). 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
I have found examples of this usage, e.g.
"The Chairman and his team visited in Buenos Aires and noted that the city port had an outlying port which was not in the centre of city but which dealt with much of the expanded business. In the massive expansion we need to develop our island economy is there not a place for Bremore and Dublin Port in which our downstream and city ports can play a positive role?"
I think this phrase could work in the context, and has the merit of being easily understood.
I can't find a good example, so have not posted as an answer. In US English, Caen would be an "inland port" and would need a partner city with a seaport.
is the "port avancé" of Marseille. One translation I have found is "advance port" which I am not convinced is accepted usage. "Intermediate" is a guess based on the translation given for the term "magasin avancé" as intermediate warehousing. The reason I posted the question was to find out if there was a specific maritime term. I do not think "outpost" is, is it?
I simply think that what is meant, is that Caen needed some kind of "representation" on the coast for the trade with EN, for practical reasons, and that is where O comes in the picture.....nothing more, nothing less
what point are you making exactly as far as the translation of the term is concerned? Caen has always had ports on the river; it now has a canal through to Ouistreham, but such geographical thoughts do not give me the correct maritime term other than my guess of intermediate port. Am I missing something?
Your glossary is out left field here. It simply means that Ouistreham is a seaport and Caen a river port (port fluvial) so anything shipped by waterway from Caen goes via O to reach the sea
Although it does not seem to have any relation to your term, based on context, thought I would share, for whatever benefit it may have.
Port avancé:
Ce terme est utilisé dans des documents de transports maritimes et dans les cotations de prix indiquant que l'acheteur ou le consignataire doit payer tous les frais d'expédition.
English: Freight collect
Español: Flete debido, porte debido
think geography - Caen is not on the coast but Ouistreham is - so O is C's outlet on the sea
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Explanation: is what I was thinking.. I think this is what is meant here...the funny thing is that I cannot find this word in any of my dictionaries...I am beginning to wonder if it really exists....it should, in view of the hits on the internet
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this was in view of what polyglot45 wrote in the discussion
blomguib Brazil Local time: 12:08 Native speaker of: Flemish, Dutch
Explanation: Sailed from there many a time. Ouistreham is about 12 km from the port of Caen. Being properly on the coast it has easier access to the sea, if not to the town itself. It is mainly a container port, but Brittany Ferries sail from there.
Gilla Evans United Kingdom Local time: 14:08 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
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Among the many, many ideas this seems a good option - seaport or outer harbour might have worked too depending on the context (a bit different here since there were a number of seaports close to Caen, and the current canal set-up did not exist at the time).
Travelin Ann United States Local time: 09:08 Native speaker of: English
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Asker: Thank you. I think the word "avance" is used as a verb in your reference in the discussion section - the development of the port is making progress. This is an interesting reference, thank you. It couldn't just be "port" because Caen had its own river port.
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