wharfage

Harbor mooring charges

Wharfage is the fee charged for using a wharf to load, unload, or store goods: The shipping company paid wharfage for three days of dock access.

The term also refers to wharves collectively, or the accommodation they provide: The port's wharfage could handle a dozen vessels at once.

dockside

pier

Waterfront landing structure

  • quayWaterfront loading platform
  • jettyStructure extending into water
  • berthSleeping space on transport

waterfront · quayside · gangway · stevedore · longshoreman · dockworker · crane · bulkhead · waterside · dockland

fee

tariff

Tax on traded goods

  • levyCompulsory government charge
  • chargeCost or accusation
  • tollFee for passage

dues · dockage · port charges · surcharge · assessment · rental · demurrage · pilotage · tonnage

cargo

freight

Goods being transported

goods · pallets · consignment · unloading · loading · transshipment · warehousing · storage · manifest · lading

trade

import

Obtain from overseas

customs · clearance · shipping · maritime trade · exchange · commodity · wholesale · merchant · entrepôt

Opposites
mooring location

wharfageanchorage

Secure harbor spot

roadstead · offshore · adrift · at sea

Family

wharf, wharfs, wharfing

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