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  2. Dockworker - Wikipedia

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    The word stevedore (/ ˈ s t iː v ɪ ˌ d ɔːr /) originated in Portugal or Spain, and entered the English language through its use by sailors. [3] It started as a phonetic spelling of estivador or estibador (), meaning a man who loads ships and stows cargo, which was the original meaning of stevedore (though there is a secondary meaning of "a man who stuffs" in Spanish); compare Latin ...

  3. Breakbulk cargo - Wikipedia

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    Wind turbine towers being unloaded at a port Stevedores on a New York dock loading barrels of corn syrup onto a barge on the Hudson River.Photo by Lewis Hine, circa 1912. In shipping, break-bulk, breakbulk, [2] or break bulk cargo, also called general cargo, are goods that are stowed on board ships in individually counted units.

  4. Port of Salem - Wikipedia

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    In 1990, they opened the Mid-Atlantic Shipping and Stevedoring Wharf, a small wharf terminal that is also utilized by several other shipping companies and located approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) above the entrance of the Salem River at 128 Tilbury Road on the east side of Barber's Basin marina, to handle bulk and break bulk cargo, and shipping ...

  5. Department of Revenue v. Washington Stevedoring Cos.

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    The plaintiffs in this case are the Association of Private Stevedoring Companies and the Washington Public Ports Association, who jointly filed their suit as the Association of Washington Stevedoring Companies. [1] Stevedoring is the practice of loading and unloading ships at dockyards. The tax on the stevedoring industry involved the labor ...

  6. Stuck at sea for years, a sailor's plight highlights a surge ...

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    The shipping agent visited the Al-Maha and told Saleh to be ready to leave in three hours for the airport, Arrachedi said. “By God, I am happy to have reached this settlement,” Saleh told AP ...

  7. American River Transportation Company - Wikipedia

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    ARTCO Stevedoring provides bulk transfer and crane services on near New Orleans, Louisiana on the Lower Mississippi River [3] [4] As of 2005, ARTCO owned 2,000 barges, and some towboats and harbor tugboats. [5] As of 2016, ARTCO operated a fleet of 20 fleeting boats, a shipyard with five dry docks and a barge wash and repair facility.

  8. Himalaya clause - Wikipedia

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    A Himalaya clause is a contractual provision expressed to be for the benefit of a third party who is not a party to the contract. Although theoretically applicable to any form of contract, most of the jurisprudence relating to Himalaya clauses relate to maritime matters, and exclusion clauses in bills of lading for the benefit of employees, crew, and agents, stevedores in particular.

  9. Public health experts are warning of a ‘quad-demic’ this ...

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    Public health experts are warning of a ‘quad-demic’ this winter. Here’s where flu, COVID, RSV, and norovirus are spreading