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
  • However, the news that the world’s largest alternative asset manager (with more than $1 trillion under management) has agreed to acquire Safe Harbor Marinas (the largest marina and superyacht servicing business in the United States) for $5.65 billion has piqued my interest.
    Bill Springer, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The hotel, with its iconic 66-spire facade, made its debut in 1965 with an expansive marina and its signature rotating rooftop lounge, the Pier Top, that attracted celebrities from Walter Cronkite to Frank Sinatra with its glitzy views of the Atlantic.
    Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But like the Phoenicians and Greeks of the past, many are also now looking to the wind At a shipyard in Tuzla, Turkey a new kind of cargo vessel is undergoing final checks before embarking this summer on a round-trip voyage from France to Canada and the United States.
    Nick Nuttall, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
  • And that training is well underway at nearby Ella Grasso Technical High School, where students work with the same state-of-art equipment in use at the shipyard.
    Charlie D'Agata, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • According to Plutarch, Caesar set fire to the enemy fleet, but the fire raged out of control from the nearby dockyards and swallowed the Great Library.
    Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • New piers can be seen extending from wharves in a boost to docking capacity.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The unaffected parts of the wharf were evacuated, Oatey said.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024

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“Wharfage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wharfage. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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