Wharfage - How To Discuss

Wharfage,

Definition of Wharfage:

1. A charge assessed by a shipping terminal or port when goods are moved through the location. Wharfage is one of the costs of transport goods within the distribution system used by a business to bring its goods to market.

2. Accommodations provided at a wharf for the loading, unloading, or storage of goods.

How to use Wharfage in a sentence?

1. Yarmouth has been fortunate over its history to be located on a good harbour that continues to provide wharfage for ships plying waters off the Nova Scotia coast.