stevedoring
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- noun
- /ˈstiːvədɔːrɪŋ/
:
estiba
- At the busy harbor, efficient stevedoring is essential for preventing delays in freight delivery.
- stevedoring contract
- stevedoring company
Examples
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Therefore, Y, as the stevedoring company, is allowed to invoke the package limitation against the shipper based on the Himalaya clause in the surrendered B/L.
Academic text (2017) -
During my arts years, my summers included jobs such as stevedoring, house painting, and driving a truck.
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The stevedoring contract was made between C-L and X.
Academic text (2017) -
However, C-l, who entered into the contract for the carriage with the shipper, also made a stevedoring contract with a stevedoring company.
Academic text (2017) -
However, C-l, who entered into the contract for the carriage with the shipper, also made a stevedoring contract with a stevedoring company.
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While effective control of Nigerian docks is vested with the Nigerian state, the majority of dockwork is done by private contractors who are compensated by the government at state-determined stevedoring rates.
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When Y, as the stevedoring company, incurred cargo damages and was required to pay compensation to the shipper, it tried to rely on the Himalaya clause in the B/L issued by C-2.
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The workers spent long hours on the dock, focusing on their stevedoring tasks to load the cargo onto the ship.
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Due to increased shipping activity, the demand for stevedoring labor at the port has significantly risen.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stevedoring comes from Spanish and Portuguese words estibador and estibar, which mean 'to stow' goods in a ship and are linked to the English word stow. So stevedoring is the work of loading and unloading cargo at a port, the job of people who 'stow' and move the ship's goods.