cargo dock
Ship unloading zone
A cargo dock is a platform or area where goods are loaded onto or unloaded from ships, trucks, or trains.
At ports, cargo docks accommodate vessels and the equipment needed to move freight.
At warehouses, the term refers to loading bays where trucks back up to transfer goods: Eighteen-wheelers lined up at the cargo dock.
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- wharfShip docking structure
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- port authorityTransportation infrastructure oversight body
- freightGoods being transported
sea freight · shipment · bill of lading · crane · heavy lifting · container · container yard · unloading · stevedore · berth · jetty · warehouse · forklift · pallet · mooring · gangway · longshoreman · vessel
- waterfrontquay, beachfront, promenade, pier, oceanfront
- dock typespier, jetty, wharf, quay, marina
- docksberth, boat slip, wharf, quay, pier
- harbor facilitiespier, jetty, wharf, wharves, berth
- loading docksloading bay, loading zone, loading ramp, loading platform
- seaportsseaport, Shanghai, Singapore, container port, berths
purpose/function
cargo dockpassenger terminal
Building for boarding travelers
cruise terminal · ferry terminal · departure lounge · arrival hall
cargo, dock, cargoes, docked, docking, docks, docker, dockers, dockage