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
  • The property includes 219 slips on Lake Montauk at the largest marina in the Hamptons, which can accommodate vessels as large as 300 feet.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
  • It is patrolled by three sailors, who walk back and forth between the rusty and ramshackle docks on the gulf of San Nicolo (the port where Affinity will build the main marina for the yachts, according to Abehsera).
    Marzio Mian, The Dial, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • This photo provided by the North Korean government shows a destroyer named Kang Kon during its launch ceremony at the Rajin shipyard in North Korea on June 12, 2025.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
  • Charged from a shore power connector at the shipyard, the electric vessel is used about 80 hours a month.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • City officials hope the signs, fencing, orange safety barriers and exposed wooden decking at the end of the wharf will be gone by early next year.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
  • The wharf has more than 4,400 wooden pilings, made of Douglas Fir.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 24 May 2025

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“Wharfage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wharfage. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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