dockworker
Harbor cargo handler
A dockworker is someone who loads and unloads cargo at a port or wharf.
The work involves moving freight between ships and shore—handling containers, operating cranes, securing loads.
The dockworkers went on strike over wages.
Also called a longshoreman or stevedore.
Harbor freight worker
- stevedoreShip cargo handler
- loaderOne who fills containers
- warehousemanStorage facility worker
- teamsterProfessional cargo driver
picker · packer · rigger · deckhand · yardman · checker · tallyman · winchman
Goods being transported
- containersObjects for holding things
- palletsFlat freight platforms
- cratesSturdy shipping containers
- shipmentGoods being transported
goods · bulk · consignment · merchandise · import · export · manifest · lading
Ship docking structure
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- berthSleeping space on transport
- jettyStructure extending into water
harbor · seaport · waterfront · shipyard · terminal · portside · gangway · bollard
Contractile body tissue
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- strengthPower to exert force
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- brawnMuscular power, bodily might
toughness · grit · heavy-lifting · backbreaking · fatigue · sweat · calluses · hardhat
longshoreman
Harbor freight worker
- stevedoreShip cargo handler
- loaderOne who fills containers
- warehousemanStorage facility worker
teamster · picker · packer · rigger · deckhand · yardman · checker · tallyman · winchman · hatchman
freight
Goods being transported
- containersObjects for holding things
- palletsFlat freight platforms
- cratesSturdy shipping containers
shipment · goods · bulk · consignment · merchandise · import · export · manifest · lading · tonnage
wharf
Ship docking structure
jetty · harbor · seaport · waterfront · shipyard · terminal · portside · gangway · bollard · mooring
muscle
Contractile body tissue
brawn · toughness · grit · heavy-lifting · backbreaking · fatigue · sweat · calluses · hardhat · exertion
longshoremen
Waterfront cargo laborers
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- solidarityUnity among allies
seniority · shape-up · dispatch · brotherhood · grievance · contract · dues · walkout · lockout · arbitration
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- workersemployee, employees, laborer, laborers, wage earner
- blue-collarblue collar, blue-collar, laborer, manual labor, hard hat
- blue-collar jobsconstruction, farm hand, miners, miner, carpentry
- harborpier, piers, wharf, wharves, quay
- laborerslaborers, day laborer, day labourer, day laborers, hired hands
dockworkersailor
Seafaring crew member
seaman · mariner · merchant sailor · seafarer · deckhand
dockworkeroffice worker
Indoor professional employee
white-collar worker · executive · administrator · bureaucrat · paper pusher