Editing Port (section)

===Warm-water port===
A '''warm-water port'''{{anchor|warm water port}} (also known as an ice-free port) is one where the water does not freeze in winter. This is mainly used in the context of countries with mostly cold winters where parts of the coastline freezes over every winter. Because they are available year-round, warm-water ports can be of great [[geopolitical]] or [[economic interest]]. Such settlements as [[Narvik]] in Norway, [[Dalian]] in China, [[Murmansk]], [[Novorossiysk]], [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]] and [[Vostochny Port]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vpnet.ru/eng/geo/main_geo.htm |title=Vostochny Port JSC, Geography, Location |work=Vostochny Port website |year=2007 |access-date=13 December 2012 |quote=Vostochny Port is located in the south of Primorsky Region, in the southeast of Nakhodka bay, in Vrangel bay. This is unique natural harbor is no ice restrictions even in severe winters. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129011546/http://www.vpnet.ru/eng/geo/main_geo.htm |archive-date=29 November 2012 }}</ref> in Russia, [[Odesa]] in Ukraine, [[Kushiro]] in Japan and [[Valdez, Alaska|Valdez]] at the terminus of the [[Alaska Pipeline]] owe their very existence to being ice-free ports. The [[Baltic Sea]] and similar areas have ports available year-round beginning in the 20th century thanks to [[icebreaker]]s, but earlier access problems prompted Russia to expand its territory to the [[Black Sea]].{{Cn|date=January 2024}}