A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.

ORDER XXII.—PERSONS EMPLOYED IN TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

Sub-order 3.—Water Transport Workers

732.—Wharfingers and Master Stevedores

agent, wharf: represents shipping company, firm of carriers, or barge owners, on a wharf, and superintends loading of firm's ships, barges, etc.
contractor, ballast (docks): an employer who contracts to supply ballast required for ships, and, in most cases, to carry out actual work of ballasting.
manager, wharf: controls and supervises work being done on wharf; is responsible for care and maintenance of plant, etc.
representative, dock (not for dock company): represents shipowners or a commercial firm and transacts business, as to loading and unloading of vessels for employer at an office on or near docks.
stevedore, master stevedore, superintendent stevedore: an expert in scientific loading of ships; undertakes loading of ships' cargo, with aid of stevedores (743) and dock labourers (745) q.v., for a fixed sum; may, however, do similar work directly as employee of shipping company.
stevedore, coal: a master stevedore q.v. specialising in loading ships with coal either as cargo or bunker coal; contracts to load ships on a tonnage basis, and employs coal tippers and trimmers (744) q.v. for this purpose.
wharfinger: runs and sometimes owns a wharf equipped with cranes and other appliances for loading and unloading vessels and fitted for storage; usually a master stevedore q.v.; sometimes specifically named, e.g. coal wharfinger.

From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain.