Stevedores loading a ship in the Millwall Docks
Glossary of Terms
Cargo - goods carried by a ship.
Casual labour - workers who are only taken on for work when needed and are not employed on a regular basis.
Commodities - goods which are traded. Discharge-unload. Dock - a place, usually a man-made area of enclosed water, where ships are loaded, unloaded or repaired. Docker - someone who works in the docks, usually unloading ships and moving goods on the quayside.
Dock company - a company which owns or runs a dock or several docks.
Entrepreneur - the owner or manager of a business enterprise who, by risk and initiative, attempts to make profits.
Export dock - a dock where ships are loaded with goods which they are taking to other countries.
Import dock - a dock where ships discharge goods which they have brought into the port from other countries.
Lighter - a boat, usually flat-bottomed, used for transporting goods in the port.
Monopoly - sole control of the trade in a particular commodity.
Port - a place alongside water which has facilities for the loading and unloading of ships.
Port of London Authority (PLA) - the organisation responsible for the operation of the Port of London, the running of the docks and the tidal waterway from Teddington to the sea.
Quay - a landing place, usually made of stone or iron, lying next to the water for the loading and unloading of ships.
Stevedore - someone who works on board ship loading and unloading cargo.
Strike relief - help, usually money or food, given to workers on strike.
Transit shed - a place where goods are stored for short periods before they are loaded on to ships or after they have been unloaded.
Upstream docks - those which lie between Tower Bridge and Gallion's Reach including London and St Katharine Docks, West India and Millwall Docks, East India Docks and the Royal Docks.
Vested interests - those which exist when a group of people have a strong concern in a particular state of affairs, e.g. protecting their jobs, livelihood, property or their financial interests.
Warehouse - a building in which goods are stored.
Wharf - a platform built on or out from the shore. Ships can come alongside the wharf so that goods may be loaded or unloaded.
Wharfinger - a wharf-owner.
Please note that this glossary appears in other languages in Changing Times Teachers' Notes.
Stevedores loading a ship in the Millwall Docks
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