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Dockworker
Occupation of loading and unloading ships / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A dockworker (also called a longshoreman, stevedore, or docker) is a waterfront manual laborer who is involved in loading and unloading ships.[1]
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After the intermodal shipping container revolution of the 1960s, the required dockworkers declined by over 90%.[2]