A short wooden, metal or plastic platform on which package cargo is placed, then handled by a forklift truck.

A structure which just out into a waterway from the shore, for mooring vessels and cargo handling. Sometimes called a finger pier.

A rail transport mode where a loaded truck trailer is shipped on a rail flatcar.

A licensed navigational guide with thorough knowledge of a particular section of a waterway whose occupation is to steep ships along a coast or into and out of a harbor. Local pilots board the ship to advise the captain and navigator of local navigation conditions (difficult currents; hidden wrecks, etc.).

This term is used both for the harbor area where ships are docked and for the agency (port authority), which administers use of public wharves and port properties.

Port at which cruise ship makes a stop along its itinerary. Calls may range from five to 24 hours. Sometimes referred to as"transit port" and"destination port." (See also home port)

The materials and equipment to assemble a special project overseas, such as a factory or highway.