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Dock - A platform for loading or unloading trucks, trains, ships, or aircraft; or an aircraft hangar. Related Terms: Dock - hangar | load | loading | pier | unload | Drayage - A service offered by a motor carrier for the cartage of rail or ocean containers from a dock to an intermediate or final destination, or the charge for such cartage.Related Terms: Drayage - carrier | cartage | container | dock | motor carrier | ocean | port | rail | service | Tonnage - The displacement of a vessel in tons of water; or a duty charged per ton of cargo at a port, pier, dock or canal.Related Terms: Tonnage - canal | displacement | dock | duty | pier | port | vessel | Warfage - A fee charged for cargo passing through a pier or dock.Related Terms: Warfage - cargo | dock | pier |
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