Port Operations and Cargo Handling Quiz
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Anchorage- means a place with sufficient depth of water where vessels anchor or may ride at anchor or may ride at anchor within the harbor.  Apron- the area between the transit shed and quaywall that is used for working ______.

cargo

Basin- means a naturally or artificially enclosed or nearly enclosed body of water in free communication with the sea.  ______- the part of the pier/wharf that is occupied by a vessel, or any place in which a vessel may lie at anchor or at a dock.

Berth

Bollard- means a strong post on a ship or dock for holding a ______ fast.

hawser

Bow- means the extreme forward end of a ______.

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Buoy- means floating object moored to the bottom to mark a channel, anchor, shoal, ______.

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