Longshore workers operate industrial trucks, tractors, and other mobile equipment to transfer containers / other cargo within range of cranes / hoists on dock areas. They operate winches / other hoisting devices to load / unload cargo on / off ships, and operate mechanical towers to load vessels with materials such as coal / ore. They also operate equipment to transfer bulk items such as grain to vessel holds and liquid materials to vessel storage tanks.

Longshoreman/woman

People in this group work for marine cargo handling companies, shipping agencies and shipping lines, transportation, storage, and moving companies and a wide variety of manufacturing / processing companies and retail / wholesale warehouses.