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Pressure on the supply chain is straining the equipment, and drivers are contending with shortages of tires and chassis, the wheeled metal frames that carry containers from the dockyard to railheads or distribution warehouses for their journeys inland.
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Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 18 Oct. 2021
He was trapped—cursed, really—at the dockyard in Portsmouth, along the English Channel, struggling with feverish futility to get the Centurion fitted out and ready to sail.
—David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
The former Royal Navy dockyard has an extensive past and is now a museum and attraction.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 Nov. 2022
Mumbai, IndiaThree Indian Navy personnel were killed in an explosion on a ship at a naval dockyard in Mumbai on Tuesday, the navy said.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022
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Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 18 Oct. 2021
He was trapped—cursed, really—at the dockyard in Portsmouth, along the English Channel, struggling with feverish futility to get the Centurion fitted out and ready to sail.
—David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
The former Royal Navy dockyard has an extensive past and is now a museum and attraction.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 Nov. 2022
Mumbai, IndiaThree Indian Navy personnel were killed in an explosion on a ship at a naval dockyard in Mumbai on Tuesday, the navy said.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dockyard
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Facing a race to build ships in the United States, America’s de-industrialized waterfront will need a swift remake to accommodate new shipyards and their supporting industries.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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During the war, the Kaiser shipyards attracted tens of thousands of workers of all races and backgrounds to this then-semi-rural bayside community, quintupling its population and transforming it into an industrial boomtown of more than 90,000.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In another, overlooking a Han River marina, there are three interlocking layers: water (most of the picture), hilly horizon, and, at left, a scalloped edge of rowboats and storage sheds that pulls your eyes downward.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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Michelle dropped me off at the Pearl Hotel, a boutique property near the marina in Bay St. Louis.—
Cinelle Barnes,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2025
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Blue Harvest has charged captains and crew on its vessels for maintenance, electronics and wharfage fees, among other expenses.—
Will Sennott,
ProPublica,
22 July 2022
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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.—
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25 Feb. 2022
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“Dockyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockyard. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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