stevedore
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A dockworker (also called a docker, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore, wharfie, or wharfman) is a waterfront manual laborer who loads and unloads ships.
As a result of the intermodal shipping container revolution, the required number of dockworkers has declined by over 90% since the 1960s.
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Ein Container wird von Deck gehievt.jpg
A container is lifted from the deck
A container is lifted from the deck
Hafenarbeiter bei der Verladung von Sackgut - MS Rothenstein NDL, Port Sudan 1960.png
Dockers, when loading bagged cargo - MS Rothenstein NDL, Port Sudan in 1960. The dock workers carry ...
Dockers, when loading bagged cargo - MS Rothenstein NDL, Port Sudan in 1960. The dock workers carry ...
Hafenarbeiter bei ihrer gefährlichen Arbeit auf den Containern in der Luke.jpg
Dock workers without protective helmet during their dangerous work on the containers that are on the...
Dock workers without protective helmet during their dangerous work on the containers that are on the...
Hong Kong 2005 auf Reede, zwei Bargen mit Kränen an Backbord fest.jpg
Hong Kong 2005 at anchor, two barges with cranes (floating derricks) on the port side
Hong Kong 2005 at anchor, two barges with cranes (floating derricks) on the port side
Nautical icon.svg
Nautical symbols (a ship's wheel and a fouled anchor). The image is purposed to be used as naval wik...
Nautical symbols (a ship's wheel and a fouled anchor). The image is purposed to be used as naval wik...
Starker Gezeitenstrom, Ladungsarbeiten bei schwierigen Arbeitsbedingungen.jpg
Strong tidal current, charge work in adverse conditions
Strong tidal current, charge work in adverse conditions
Stevedores ny 1912.jpg
Stevedores on a New York dock loading barrels of corn syrup onto a barge on the Hudson River
Stevedores on a New York dock loading barrels of corn syrup onto a barge on the Hudson River
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