shipside
/ˈʃɪpˌsaɪd/
noun
- The area alongside a ship, especially at a dock or wharf where cargo is loaded or unloaded.
- Trucks lined up at shipside to deliver supplies.
- The workers moved the crates to shipside for loading.
- The cargo was inspected at shipside before being taken aboard.
adverb
- At or to the side of a ship, especially at a dock.
- Passengers waited shipside for the gangway to be lowered.
- The crew carried the luggage shipside for embarkation.
- The delivery was brought shipside by forklift.
adjective
- Located or occurring at the side of a ship, especially at a dock.
- They set up a shipside office to handle customs paperwork.
- The shipside crane lifted the heavy containers.
- Shipside security checked all incoming goods.