Crossword clues for lighterage
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lighterage \Light"er*age\ (l[imac]t"[~e]r*[asl]j; 48), n.
The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.
The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2 The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
WordNet
n. the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters
the transportation of goods on a lighter
Usage examples of "lighterage".
He was a junior manager of the South China Lighterage Company of Singapore and Malaya.
South China Lighterage Company was one of the businesses owned by your family, I believe?
He has certainly organized the lighterage service of the harbour for the O.
Listons or the Lighterage Company or any damned soul except those nosy parkers in their perdition launches?
He should also report on the progress made in preparing new facilities at minor ports, and whether further use can be made of lighterage to have more rapid loading or unloading.