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WHARFAGE [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ports
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
  • Maritime Law
DEF

A charge for placing goods on a wharf or for loading goods on or unloading goods from a vessel at a wharf.

OBS

wharfage charge; wharfage due; quay charge; quay due : terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • wharfage charges
  • wharfage dues
  • quay dues

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ports
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
  • Droit maritime
DEF

Droit exigé pour placer les marchandises sur un quai ainsi que pour charger ou décharger des marchandises d'un navire à quai.

OBS

droit de quai; droit de quayage : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • droits de quai
  • droits de quayage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puertos
  • Cargamento (Transporte por agua)
  • Derecho marítimo
DEF

Cuotas prescritas por la utilización de un muelle con objeto de embarque, desembarque o atraque de un buque.

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Record 2 2015-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
CONT

"Maritime transaction"... means charter parties, bills of lading of water carriers, agreements relating to wharfage, supplies furnished vessels or repairs to vessels, collisions, or any other matters in foreign commerce which... would be embraced within admiralty jurisdiction...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing (Air Transport)
DEF

All terminal wharfage charges incurred on sea/air traffic(excluding pick-up).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tarification (Transport aérien)
OBS

Droits de quai - transport Mer-Air.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ports
  • Pricing (Water Transport)
  • Transport of Goods
DEF

A charge assessed by a pier or dock owner against freight handled over the pier or dock.

OBS

top wharfage : term standardized by the Canadian General Standards Board(CGSB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ports
  • Tarification (Transport par eau)
  • Transport de marchandises
DEF

[Somme d'argent exigée] par le propriétaire d'une jetée ou d'un dock pour la manutention de marchandises sur cette jetée ou ce dock.

OBS

mise à quai de surface : terme normalisé par l'Office des normes générales du Canada (ONGC).

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • quayage
  • droit d'utilisation de la plate-forme
  • droit de quayage
  • quaiage de surface

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
OBS

Stevedoring: to load or unload a ship, to assume responsibility for loading and unloading cargoes.

OBS

wharfage : the handling or stowing of goods on a wharf; the charge for the use of a wharf for freight handling or ship dockage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
DEF

Prestation de service comprenant, outre les activités de stevedoring, les pointages contradictoires et la prise en charge des marchandises en attente de chargement ou de remise à leurs destinataires.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Grain Growing
CONT

Fobbing charges include elevation, outward weighing and inspection, terminal elevator receipt cancellation, clearance association charges and wharfage.

OBS

Terms used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie agricole
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Les frais de transbordement comprennent le levage, la pesée et l'inspection de sortie, les frais d'annulation des récépissés des silos terminaux, les frais que réclament les expéditeurs et les droits de quai.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • Special Water Transport
CONT

The operation of unloading the daughter ship... comes under wharfage charges...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux

Spanish

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