wharfing
Building waterfront platforms
Wharfing is the use of wharves for loading, unloading, or storing goods, or the charge levied for such services: The wharfing fees add considerably to shipping costs.
The term also covers the construction or provision of wharves collectively: The city invested heavily in wharfing along the riverfront.
Waterfront landing structure
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- berthSleeping space on transport
- jettyStructure extending into water
- landingDescent's final moment
harbor · marina · waterfront · mooring · anchorage · gangway · slipway · dockside
Structural support column
- pile-drivingPounding foundations into ground
- bulkheadInternal vessel barrier
- timberWood for construction
- frameworkUnderlying support system
cribwork · riprap · seawall · cofferdam · dredging · foundation · underpinning · reinforcement
pier
Waterfront landing structure
landing · harbor · marina · waterfront · mooring · anchorage · gangway · slipway · dockside · bollard
piling
Structural support column
- pile-drivingPounding foundations into ground
- bulkheadInternal vessel barrier
- timberWood for construction
framework · cribwork · riprap · seawall · cofferdam · dredging · foundation · underpinning · reinforcement · concrete
wharfingdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
dismantling · razing · tearing down · destruction · deconstruction
wharfingabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
dereliction · neglect · disuse · decay