loading docks
Warehouse truck bays
Loading docks are raised platforms at the back or side of warehouses, factories, and large retail stores where trucks back up to load and unload cargo.
The elevation matches truck bed height, allowing forklifts and workers to move goods directly between vehicle and building: The delivery arrived at the loading dock at six a.m.
Transported goods
- palletsFlat freight platforms
- cratesSturdy shipping containers
- containersObjects for holding things
- shipmentGoods being transported
trucking · haulage · consignment · bulk · deliveries · bay doors · levelers · ramps
Powered pallet-hoisting vehicle
- pallet jackManual pallet-moving device
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
- stackingPlacing items vertically
- stagingPreparing for presentation
scheduling · dispatch · receiving · inspection · quality control · sorting · turnaround · queuing
Allocation across recipients
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- distribution centerFacility for routing goods
just-in-time · fulfillment · throughput · backhaul · inbound · outbound · routing · tracking
Bulk goods storage building
- bayPartially enclosed water
- bumpersVehicle collision cushions
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
- canopyOverhead protective covering
signage · lighting · safety barriers · bollards · wheel chocks
Port freight handlers
- stevedoresWorkers loading vessel cargo
- longshoremenWaterfront cargo laborers
- forklift operatorWarehouse vehicle driver
- dispatcherOne who allocates resources
cargo
Transported goods
- palletsFlat freight platforms
- cratesSturdy shipping containers
- containersObjects for holding things
shipment · trucking · haulage · consignment · bulk · deliveries · bay doors · levelers · ramps · trucks
forklift
Powered pallet-hoisting vehicle
- pallet jackManual pallet-moving device
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
- stackingPlacing items vertically
staging · scheduling · dispatch · receiving · inspection · quality control · sorting · turnaround · queuing · manifest
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- storageSpace for keeping goods
distribution center · just-in-time · fulfillment · throughput · backhaul · inbound · outbound · routing · tracking
warehouse
Bulk goods storage building
canopy · signage · lighting · safety barriers · bollards · wheel chocks
dockworkers
Port freight handlers
- stevedoresWorkers loading vessel cargo
- longshoremenWaterfront cargo laborers
- forklift operatorWarehouse vehicle driver
- warehousingwarehouse, warehouses, fulfillment centers, fulfillment center, distribution centers
- rail yardsswitchyard, marshalling yards, receiving yard, yard crew, yardmaster
- Industrial Imagerymachinery, factories, smokestacks, assembly lines, gears
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- maritime tradesea trade, container ships, cargo ship, shipping routes, ocean trade
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
loading dockspassenger terminals
Facilities for traveler embarkation
main entrance · reception area · boarding gates · public entrance · front door
loading docksstorefront
Retail facade facing street
sales floor · showroom · retail space · front of house · display area
load, dock, unload, loads, loaded, overload, loading, unloaded, unloading