Longshoreman. A dockworker is a waterfront manual laborer who is involved in loading and unloading ships.
After the shipping container revolution of the 1960s, the number of dockworkers required declined by over 90%. The word stevedore originated in Portugal or Spain, and entered the English language through its use by sailors.
In Ancient and modern Greek, the verb means pile up. In the United Kingdom, people who load and unload ships are usually called dockers; in Australia, they are called stevedores, dockworkers or wharfies; and, in the United States and Canada, the term longshoreman, derived from man-along-the-shore, is used. Before the extensive use of container ships and shore-based handling machinery in the United States, longshoremen referred exclusively to the dockworkers, while stevedores, in a separate trade union, worked on the ships, operating ship's cranes and moving cargo.
In Canada, the term stevedore has also been used, for example, in the name of the Western Stevedoring Company, Ltd., based in Vancouver, British Columbia, in the 1950s. Dockworkers, also known as longshoremen, have a long and storied history that dates back to ancient times.
The role of dockworkers has evolved significantly over the centuries as maritime trade has grown and modernized.Here is a overview of the history of dockworkers. Dockworkers have been an essential part of maritime trade since ancient tim
After the shipping container revolution of the 1960s, the number of dockworkers required declined by over 90%. The word stevedore originated in Portugal or Spain, and entered the English language through its use by sailors.
In Ancient and modern Greek, the verb means pile up. In the United Kingdom, people who load and unload ships are usually called dockers; in Australia, they are called stevedores, dockworkers or wharfies; and, in the United States and Canada, the term longshoreman, derived from man-along-the-shore, is used. Before the extensive use of container ships and shore-based handling machinery in the United States, longshoremen referred exclusively to the dockworkers, while stevedores, in a separate trade union, worked on the ships, operating ship's cranes and moving cargo.
In Canada, the term stevedore has also been used, for example, in the name of the Western Stevedoring Company, Ltd., based in Vancouver, British Columbia, in the 1950s. Dockworkers, also known as longshoremen, have a long and storied history that dates back to ancient times.
The role of dockworkers has evolved significantly over the centuries as maritime trade has grown and modernized.Here is a overview of the history of dockworkers. Dockworkers have been an essential part of maritime trade since ancient tim
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