stevedores
Ship cargo handlers
Stevedores are workers who load and unload cargo from ships at port.
The work is physically demanding, involving the movement of freight between vessel holds and docks.
The term carries a blue-collar, industrial connotation: The stevedores worked through the night to empty the freighter.
As a verb, to stevedore is to perform this work.
Securing in place
- unloadingRemoving contents from carrier
- hoistingRaising with effort
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
derrick · forklift · conveyor · stacking · lashing · securing · trimming · ballast
Goods being transported
- containersObjects for holding things
- cratesSturdy shipping containers
- palletsFlat freight platforms
- shipmentGoods being transported
goods · bulk · merchandise · hold · manifest · tonnage · consignment · breakbulk
Ship docking structure
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- jettyStructure extending into water
- berthSleeping space on transport
waterfront · harbor · shipyard · dockyard · gangplank · mooring · anchorage · dockside
Joining into one
- gangOrganized criminal group
- shiftMovement or work period
- wagesPayment for work
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
blue-collar · foreman · hiring hall · shape-up · work stoppage · strike · brotherhood · seniority
stowing
Securing in place
- unloadingRemoving contents from carrier
- hoistingRaising with effort
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
winch · derrick · forklift · conveyor · stacking · lashing · securing · trimming · ballast · draft
freight
Goods being transported
- containersObjects for holding things
- cratesSturdy shipping containers
- palletsFlat freight platforms
shipment · goods · bulk · merchandise · hold · manifest · tonnage · consignment · breakbulk · sling
wharf
Ship docking structure
berth · waterfront · harbor · shipyard · dockyard · gangplank · mooring · anchorage · dockside · terminal
union
Joining into one
overtime · blue-collar · foreman · hiring hall · shape-up · work stoppage · strike · brotherhood · seniority · casual
muscle
Contractile body tissue
- brawnMuscular power, bodily might
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
exertion · lifting · hauling · backbreaking · calloused · sweat · fatigue · strength · grit · toil
- warehousingwarehouse, warehouses, fulfillment centers, fulfillment center, distribution centers
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- Maritime Industryshipping lines, container ships, merchant ships, steamships, merchant marine
- maritime tradesea trade, container ships, cargo ship, shipping routes, ocean trade
- laborerslaborers, day laborer, day labourer, day laborers, manual worker
stevedoressailors
Maritime vessel crew members
seamen · deckhands · merchant mariners · ship's crew · naval personnel