wharfage
- n a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay
- n a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
- The port itself will be "internationalized," and the Italians agree to sell or rent Tito as many docks and wharfage areas as he has money to pay for.
- Ashore they sent seamen, marines and engineers to construct breastworks and gun emplacements for the soldiers to fall back on, and demolition parties to blow up wharfage and fuel .
- Hansen has cut unloading time in half, increased wharfage space threefold, and imported barges from the Philippines for offshore loading.