The port agents handle all the shipboard booked excursions. They get a piece of the action for aranging the tour busses, excursion ferries, swim with the dolphins etc. That is why Romnys built the bar in Great Harbor, Peter and want to put a big dock in front of their property at the west end of White Bay, JVD.

They also handle any provisioning required while in port and dealing with the ports authority.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. - Mark Twain