Definition of Lighterage. Meaning of Lighterage. Synonyms of Lighterage

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Definition of Lighterage

Lighterage
Lighterage Light"er*age (-[asl]j; 48), n. 1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.

Meaning of Lighterage from wikipedia

- Lightering (also called lighterage) is the process of transferring cargo between vessels of different sizes, usually between a barge (lighter) and a bulker...
- shipping by ice when the vessel arrives or after the vessel's arrival. A lighterage clause is inserted into charter-parties which show as port of discharge...
- Pacific Lighterage Company operated the Tugboat Warrior and two sealed steel barges from San Francisco to Alaska starting in 1917, the Lighterage in the...
- forty years). In the book, ****an mentions the exploitative nature of lighterage and expresses his disdain for what he called a "free-for-all capitalist...
- The Navy Lighterage pontoon (NLP) was a type of pontoon developed in World War II by Capt. John N. Lay**** Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) and used by United...
- used to transfer goods to and from moored ships Lightering, also called "lighterage", the process of transferring cargo between vessels of different sizes...
- Navlakhi Port is an all-weather lighterage non-major intermediate port. It is situated on the southwest end of the Gulf of Kutch in Hansthal Cr****, India...
- utility craftmaster PO1-MCPO 0172 - LCAC loadmaster SN-PO1 0181 - Navy lighterage deck supervisor PO3-PO1 0190 - Force protection boat coxswain PO3-PO1...
- a floating platform that provides a roadway between a ship's ramp and lighterage. It is constructed by connecting multiple causeway sections. Ports equipped...
- holiday campsite) behind the Loch Ryan Hotel. In 1957 and 1958, Cairnryan Lighterage Wharf and the port/jetty were again used in a joint Army/RAF operation...