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Recent Examples of wharfage
Blue Harvest has charged captains and crew on its vessels for maintenance, electronics and wharfage fees, among other expenses.
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Will Sennott, ProPublica, 22 July 2022
Stimpson said last year that cruising, before the pandemic halted the industry, attracted around $6 million in annual gross revenues from wharfage and parking alone.
—al, 25 Feb. 2022
Will Sennott, ProPublica, 22 July 2022
Stimpson said last year that cruising, before the pandemic halted the industry, attracted around $6 million in annual gross revenues from wharfage and parking alone.
—al, 25 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wharfage
Noun
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Fish on the Lake Fontana Lake has 240 miles of shoreline, so the marina is a popular place in warmer months.—
Elliott Harrell,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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According to the lawsuit, Burks successfully relocated one of the floating homes from Docktown, a community of houseboats that settled on state property in the Redwood Channel east of Highway 101, to a marina in Sausalito.—
Richard Halstead,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The area was later converted into an economic zone and now hosts a shipyard operated by South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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My grandfather on my mother’s side owned a bar in Philadelphia that catered to the people who were working on the buildings and bridges and shipyard.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The 722-footer was moved from the construction dock to the water for the first time, with tugs then guiding it along a set course to the outfitting dockyard.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
24 June 2025
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During our layover, a worker at the dockyard had told me of the attacks and the threat of starvation incapacitating the capital.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As the water recedes, Leticia's cargo wharf has been extended several times to reach the river.—
John Otis,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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The infrastructure humans build in the water ‒ houses, piers, wharves, jetties, and even oil rigs ‒ create new habitats for juvenile jellyfish, called polyps, to attach and grow, Bologna said.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Wharfage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wharfage. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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