dockhands
Cargo-loading port laborers
Dockhands are workers who load and unload cargo at a dock or wharf.
The term covers the manual labor of moving goods between ships and shore—handling crates, securing lines, operating equipment.
The dockhands worked through the night to unload the freighter.
Also called longshoremen or stevedores.
Ship cargo handler
- workerPerson who toils
- blue-collarManual labor workforce
- manualWritten instructions for use
- physicalOf body or matter
workforce · employment · job · trade · union · shift · crew · gang
Ship docking structure
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- quaysideWaterfront loading zone
- jettyStructure extending into water
- berthSleeping space on transport
mooring · waterfront · shipyard · gangway · bollard · harbor · slip · terminal
stevedore
Ship cargo handler
- workerPerson who toils
- blue-collarManual labor workforce
- manualWritten instructions for use
physical · workforce · employment · job · trade · union · shift · crew · gang · teamster
wharf
Ship docking structure
berth · mooring · waterfront · shipyard · gangway · bollard · harbor · slip · terminal · anchorage
loading
Adding weight or cargo
- unloadingRemoving contents from carrier
- palletsFlat freight platforms
- cratesSturdy shipping containers
freight · cargo · shipment · containers · forklift · dolly · hoist · stacking · lading · manifest
vessel
Receptacle for contents
ferry · deckhand · seafarer · nautical · stern · bow · hold · deck · rigging · lines
- dockworkerslongshoremen, stevedores, dockers, cargo handlers, freight handlers
- seafaring peoplessailors, navigators, Vikings, fishermen, Polynesians
- shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, freight, package
- seafolkseafarers, seamen, sailors, mariners, boaters
dockhandssailors
Maritime vessel crew members
seamen · mariners · deckhands · ship's crew · seafarers