stevedoring
- present participle of stevedore.
Example Sentences
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The judge said the definition of stevedoring in the 2018 tariff plainly did not apply to Buckeye, and that the definition in the 2020 tariff, which redefined the term, was ambiguous.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
The Brunswick News reports Tokio Marine American Insurance Co. filed the suit last month against Logistec, a Canadian stevedoring firm that leases the Georgia Ports Authority warehouse.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
After taking over the port, GT imposed a new tariff structure, which includes a new volume-based “terminal usage fee” on stevedoring, which is the physical handling of containers and cargo from vessels.
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2020
He was a lawyer with the Federal Maritime Commission and for several stevedoring associations before 1973 when he joined the newly reconstituted National Association of Stevedores, which later became the National Association of Waterfront Employers.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2018
In the window of a hotel dining room a gentleman sat eating his lunch, stevedoring a buttered roll with such gusto that one felt tempted to applaud.
From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher
