stowers
Those who pack
Stowers is the plural of stower, a person who stows—that is, packs or arranges cargo, goods, or equipment in a designated space.
The term appears most often in warehouse and shipping contexts: The stowers loaded pallets onto the truck.
Amazon and other logistics companies use stower as a job title for workers who place items in storage bins.
Workers loading and unloading freight
- longshoremenWaterfront cargo laborers
- dockworkersPort freight handlers
- stevedoresWorkers loading vessel cargo
- containerizationStandardized cargo packaging system
deck crew · ballast · lashing · shipping · pallets · cranes · unloading · warehousing
Those who box goods
- organizersThose who coordinate activities
- shelversThose who place items
- stockersWorkers who load shelves
- attic storageRoom under the roof
bins · sorting · labeling · stacking · consolidating · decluttering · packing tape · boxes
Hereditary portion of identity
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
relatives · descendants · family tree · census records · immigration records · vital records · English surname · family history
cargo handlers
Workers loading and unloading freight
- longshoremenWaterfront cargo laborers
- dockworkersPort freight handlers
- stevedoresWorkers loading vessel cargo
containerization · deck crew · ballast · lashing · shipping · pallets · cranes · unloading · warehousing · manifest
packers
Those who box goods
- organizersThose who coordinate activities
- shelversThose who place items
- stockersWorkers who load shelves
attic storage · bins · sorting · labeling · stacking · consolidating · decluttering · packing tape · boxes · crates
family name
Hereditary portion of identity
heritage · relatives · descendants · family tree · census records · immigration records · vital records · English surname · family history · kinship
stowersunloaders
Those who remove cargo
pickers · retrievers · unpackers · extractors · removers