Operating port

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-019672",
  "term": "Operating port",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A port where the port authority builds the wharves, owns the cranes and cargo-handling equipment, and hires the labor to move cargo in the sheds and yards. A stevedore hires longshore laborers to lift cargo between the ship and the dock, where the port’s laborers pick it up and bring it to the storage site. (See landlord port.)\n\n2. A port where the port authority builds the wharves, owns the cranes and cargo-handling equipment, and hires the labor to move cargo in the sheds and yards. A stevedore hires longshore laborers to lift cargo between the ship and the dock, where the port’s laborers pick it up and bring it to the storage site.",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Ports Primer for Communities Glossary",
    "Ports Primer Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/operating-port/"
}