stevedore
noun
a firm or individual engaged in the loading or unloading of a vessel.
stevedoring
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present participleof stevedore.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“GT, which is the largest privately-owned port operator in the world, could have started its own stevedoring business and shuttered Murphy Marine’s business entirely by denying it access to the port,” he noted.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
After taking over the port, GT imposed a new tariff structure, which included a new volume-based “terminal usage fee” on stevedoring.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
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
Over 7,000 of these were Seabees, who, with the exception of two regular construction battalions that served with distinction in the Pacific, were relegated to "special" battalions stevedoring cargo and supplies.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor
