Unlike left and right, 'port' and 'starboard' refer to fixed locations on a vessel. Since port & starboard never change, they are unambiguous references that are independent of a mariner's orientation, and thus mariner's use these nautical terms instead of left and right to avoid confusion.
Source: {http://www.oceansercice.noaa.gov/facts/port-starboard.html}
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