wharfage

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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. 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 Stimpson said in November that cruising attracts around $6 million in annual gross revenues from wharfage and parking alone. al, 4 Feb. 2022 Stimpson said that cruising brings in $6 million in annual gross revenues to the city from wharfage and parking alone, and some of that money is utilized to offset the existing debt on the Alabama Cruise Terminal. al, 11 Nov. 2021 The money was generated from wharfage and parking fees. al, 17 Mar. 2020 The money came from parking fees from visitors and wharfage fees assessed on the cruise ship being docked in Mobile. al, 4 May 2020 The money comes from parking fees from visitors and wharfage fees assessed on the cruise ship. al, 13 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wharfage
Noun
  • Listen to this article A Fort Lauderdale Police officer shot a man Wednesday evening after the property manager of a marina and RV park called about the man causing a disturbance, the police department said.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Two hoses were extended about a thousand feet to the end of the marina in a two-hour battle to extinguish the flames and protect the surrounding dock and boats.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And our nation remains grateful to them, their families, and all the talented shipyard workers who will bring these ships to life.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • New bombers rolled off the city’s assembly lines, and new armadas floated out of its shipyards, toward the Pacific front.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The rural setting is not just beautiful but bucolic to die for, with shots of Galicia’s coastline constantly present to counter darker scenes and contrast with Ferrol’s dockyards.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
  • An aerial view of a container ship leaving the dockyard in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong province.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • However, meteorologists say this next storm will not bring swells as strong as those that overwhelmed the wharf Monday.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Three construction workers serving as project managers and leads for the work fell into the ocean when the wharf collapsed.
    Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025

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“Wharfage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wharfage. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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