The following contributions to this catalogue are gratefully acknowledged:
- Agnès Vinas from www.mediterranees.net in Perpignan for the marvellous charts of Ambroise Tardieu,
- José Manuel de la Pena from Cedex-Cepyc in Madrid for the Spanish ports,
- Leopoldo Franco from the University of Roma 3 for the Italian ports,
- Nicolas Carayon from the University of Lattes for the Punic and Phenician ports,
- Hariclia Hampsa from Studiomateria for the ports of Crete,
- Theotokis Theodoulou from the University of Athens for the ports of Lesbos and Cyprus,
- Marie Christine Vasseur for her impressive scrutiny,
- Roberto Reigosa Mendez from the University of Santiago de Compostela,
- Hosni Kitouni from Constantine in Algeria,
- Nic Flemming from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton for his sumptuous list of 1055 ancient coastal sites, and his kind and flawless support,
- Aggeliki Simosi from the Ephorate of Marine Antiquities in Athens for many ports in Greece,
- Thibaut Castelli from the University of Paris Ouest for the ports of the Black Sea,
- Antonio Sciarretta from Toponomastica for his huge work on ancient toponymy,
- Steven Sidebotham from the University of Delaware for his work on Berenike,
- Jonatan Christiansen from the University of Lyon 2 for the ancient lighthouses,
- Vasif Sahoglu from Ankara University for his work on Clazomenae/Liman Tepe,
- Souen Fontaine from the University of Aix-Marseille for her work on Fossae/Fos,
- Andreas Vött from the University of Mainz for his work on paleotsunamis,
- Anis Chaaya from the Lebanese University for his work on Beirut,
- Korhan Bircan from the University of Ankara (METU) for the Turkish ports,
- Viktor Vakhonieiev from the University of Kiev for his work in Crimea,
- Jean-Pierre Misson for his knowledge of Libyan coastal sites,
- Michael McCormick from the Harvard University for his publishing the Catalogue under his DARMC,
- Chiara Maria Mauro from the University of Pisa for her impressive scrutiny and knowledge of ancient texts,
- Ameur Younes from the University of Tunis for his work on Thapsus,
- Luc Hamm from Artelia for his kind advice on maritime hydraulics,
- Hans Burcharth from Aalborg University for his knowledge of breakwaters,
- Patrick Verdet for his discovering the “Actium relief” at the Paris Grand Palais 2014 exhibition,
- Loïc Ménanteau from the University of Nantes for his knowledge of the Guadalquivir area,
- Antonia Arnoldus-Huyzindveld from Digiter for our fruitful discussions on Portus,
- Christophe Morhange from Cerege for knowing so many ancient ports,
- Pascal Arnaud from University of Lyon for sailing to so many ancient ports,
- Mark Wilson from the Asia Minor Research Center for telling me about Trogyllium,
- Alkiviadis Ginalis from University of Bremen for his knowledge of Thessalia,
- Michael Ferrar for his knowledge of portolans,
- Carole Péchereau from the Tourist Office of Porquerolles for her knowledge of her island,
- Solène Marion de Procé from Sorbonne for her wonderful work on the Arabian coasts of the Red Sea,
- Rod Heikell for his kind advice on sailing on the Mediterranean Sea,
- José Manuel Matés Luque from Bilbao for his advice on Basque ports,
- Brady Kiesling from the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation for sharing his ToposText data on over 1300 ancient ports,
- Şengül Aydıngün from Kocaeli University for her information about Bathonea and Angurina,
- Timmy Gambin from the University of Malta for his information about Marsa and Burmarrad,
- Daniel & Mireille Krupa from ‘Crete découverte‘,
- Pierre-François Demenet for his impressive knowledge of ancient history,
- Yves Maurice from Hotel La Dorade in Cerbère for his dedication to Catalan history,
- Michael Ferrar for his work on portulans,
- Caroline Sauvage for her knowledge of eastern Med Bronze Age navigation,
- Gerard Huissen for our many fruitful discussions on ancient Roman ports,
- Michel Philippe for his knowledge of northern French ports,
- Philippe Larroudé for our work on wave penetration in ancient ports,
- Jean-Philippe Goiran for our work on Tyre and other ancient ports,
- Glafkos Cariolou, the captain of the marvellous Kyrenia ancient ship, for our fruitful discussions on ancient sailing,
- Maryvonne Chartier-Raymond for her accurate and detailed work around Pelusium,
- İskender Şengör for his help on Aeginetes located near Abana,
- Jean-Claude Golvin for his marvellous pictures of Roman port-structures,
- Herbert Verreth from the University of Leuven for his impressive www.trismegistos.org and his help on ancient technical terms,
- Philippe Fleury from the University of Caen for his help on ancient technical terms,
- John Oleson from the University of Victoria (Canada) for his help on ancient technical terms,
- Aurélien Denis from WP channel for his excellent assistance in moving this web site from http to https (that is not a simple matter, do not try to do it without his help!),
- Jorge Cocquyt from Rome, who showed me around in Portus and on the Molo del Lazzaretto in Civitavecchia,
- Andrew McLean from the University of Edinburgh for his great help on Croatian sites,
- Philip Turner from Time Online, and Fatima and her friends for their valuable input on mosaics,
- Marko Kiessel from Arkin University for his knowledge of the North Cyprus coast,
- Cevat Coskun from Turkey for his knowledge of the area around Abana and Ilisi,
- Catherine Kent for providing very valuable information about Netherby Hall (UK),