wharf
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The authority, which manages the Vancouver port, said the expansion project would increase container capacity by about 50%, through a new land-mass and wharf structure covering 300 acres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Potential adversaries will have to consider that any shipping container at an Australian wharf could have a Ghost Shark in it, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Minerva Gloria is docked at a wharf in the Mississippi Sound, not far from the US's vast oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
The crew blow-torched the fasteners and released the cables that held the crane to the ship, while workers on land laid temporary rails across the wharf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
Polly and Nat were at the wharf when the John sailed.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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Boats can dock at wharfs, quays and piers protected by the reef's natural lagoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
A major fire is still raging at the site and pictures show huge, billowing black clouds over the wharfs.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
January’s onslaught was devastating for working waterfront communities in Maine where dozens of docks, buildings and wharfs were damaged or destroyed, said Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the state’s Department of Marine Resources.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Iconic wharfs, restaurants, sidewalks and roads collapsed under towering surf, while streets, parks, homes and shops were flooded by powerful waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
For months after my father’s death, long after I had arrived in Chicago and found a home in the stained brick and wharfs of the Levee, I had imagined my father still underwater.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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The port, with the help of federal and provincial funds, is spending 609 million Canadian dollars dredging the river and building new wharves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
The pier was one of several public wharves and piers in the state actively undergoing structural integrity upgrades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2024
A neighborhood near the wharves is still known as the Irish Channel.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
The project is part of the Vanuatu Inter-Island Shipping Support Project, which has among a number of projects, has completed two wharves.
From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2022
The wind was howling up from the sea, beating the waves against the wharves.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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