A port.
In Britain, people who load and unload ships are known as stevedores, dockworkers or dockers.
A permanent structure for ships to load and unload cargo and passengers.
Stevedores usually load or unload cargo on ships.
An alongshoreman is another word for a longshoreman, a man employed to load and unload ships.
dock, port, harbour, jetty, wharf, quay...
A navy is a group of ships that use a pier as a place to dock, load, or unload.
It is called a port
Quay, pronounced like "key." It is a place like a warf or structured bank alongside which a ship can moor to load or off load cargo.
AnswerLongshoreman usually load and unload ships. They also drive forklifts and semis', check cargo, and operate cranes...etc.
The harbour was why the City was put there. In the age of sail you needed to have a natural, protected, deep water harbour to operate, load and unload ships. The Harbour was what was important, not the city. The city became large because the harbour is there.
Plural of wharf. Wharf = A landing place or pier where ships may tie up and load or unload.