Red to port, green to starboard. You can remember this by recalling that the word "red" has less letters in it than "Green", and that "Port" has less letters than "Starboard".
Red. Memory cue: Port wine is red.
If you aboard the ship and you face toward the front of the ship, the port side is the left side of the ship. So, the port side of a ship would show the port light.
Port is the Word for the left side of the ship.
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The port side of a ship is the left side of the ship. It was earlier called as larboard also. But this name has been replaced now as port side.
Left side - is the port side of a ship. An easy way to remember is that if you stand facing the bow (front end) of the ship your left hand side is the port side, your right the starboard. Left is a shorter word than right, port is shorter word than starboard.
Left side - is the port side of a ship. An easy way to remember is that if you stand facing the bow (front end) of the ship your left hand side is the port side, your right the starboard. Left is a shorter word than right, port is shorter word than starboard.
The Port side is the left side looking FORWARD. The red side light is the Portside light Mnemonic=Port wine is red...
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The left side is the port side.