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What Would I Do?

Longshore Workers transfer cargo throughout dock area and onto and from ships and other vessels.

Your duties may include:

  • operate industrial trucks, tractors and other mobile equipment to transfer cargo (such as containers, crated items, automobiles and pallet-mounted machinery) around dock and within the range of cranes and hoists
  • operate winches or other hoisting devices to load and unload cargo onto and from ships and other vessels
  • operate mechanical towers to load vessels with materials such as coal and ore
  • operate equipment to transfer bulk materials, such as grain, to the hold of vessels
  • connect hoses and operate equipment to transfer liquid materials into storage tanks on vessels
  • perform other activities such as fastening cargo aboard ships, opening and closing hatches, cleaning holds of ships