What exactly do longshoremen do?

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Answer 1

load and unload boats

Answer 2

A Longshoremen is and individual who perform services under the direction of a terminal operator or stevedoring company such as operating equipment, rigging cargo or administrative tasks associated with the loading or unloading of a vessel.

Answer 3

The work of the men who load and unload ships
In Britain such men are usually called dockers.

Loading and unloading ships is skilled work that needs operating loading equipment, the proper techniques for lifting and stowing cargo, and correct handling of hazardous materials.

In earlier days, men who load and unload ships had to tie down cargoes with rope. A special form of stop knot is called the stevedore's knot. The methods of securely tying up parcels of goods is called stevedore lashing or stevedore knotting.

While loading a general cargo vessel, they use dunnage, which are pieces of wood (or nowadays sometimes strong inflatable bags) set down to keep the cargo out of any water that might be lying in the hold or are placed as shims between cargo crates to keep them from shifting during a voyage.

They are expected to be physically strong and able to follow orders.

Traditionally in Britain, they would have no fixed job and turn up at the docks in the morning hoping to find someone willing to employ him (they are almost exclusively male) for the day. London dockers and Deal porters called this practice "standing on the stones". Due to changes in employment laws, such jobs in Britain have either become permanent or have been to converted to temping jobs.

Answer 4

Longshoreman helps load and unload ships.

Answer 5

work at the port loading and unloading ships