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What's Up Dock
A dock is an area of water found between two piers or alongside
a pier. Docks are also used to build or repair ships and to load
and unload commercial ships and ferries.
A dockyard is one or more docks and their structures. Docks can
be emptied of water and turned into dry docks. All parts of a
ship can then be inspected and repaired here.
In everyday American English, the words dock and pier are
synonymous - any man made structure in the water which people
can be on.
However, strictly speaking, a pier is generally used to refer to
structures that were intended only for industrial use, such as
seafood processing or shipping, and more recently for cruise
ships.
Docks, technically speaking, are used for other purposes other
than those just mentioned. The term for the water area between
piers is slip.
Dockyards and shipyards are places in which ships can be built
or repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise
liners or other cargo or passenger ships.
Dockyards are usually associated more with the maintenance, and
repair as compared to a shipyard which is associated with the
initial building of a ship.
However, the terms are routinely used interchangeably. This is
partly due to the evolution of the use of dockyards and
shipyards. Countries such as South Korea, Japan and China are
known for having big ship building industries. The ship building
industry tends to be more fragmented in Europe than in Asia.
Europe has more shipbuilding companies than Asia, but these
companies tend to be smaller than their Asian counterparts. The
ship builders found in the United States are usually privately
owned. The largest shipbuilder in the States is Northrop
Grumman, a multi-billion dollar defense contractor. The publicly
owned shipyards in the US are Naval facilities providing basing,
support and repair.
Docks have been around for as long as man has been coursing the
seas of the world.
In the United Kingdom, for example, docks
such as Wollwich and Deptford were built on the River Thames in
1512 and 1513.
Other notable docks include the River Mersey, River Tyne, River
Wear and River Clyde. Sir Alfred Yarrow established his yard by
the Thames in London's Docklands in the late 19th century before
moving it northwards to the banks of the Clyde at Scotstoun
(1906-08).
Other famous UK docks include the Harland and Wolff yard in
Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the Titanic was launched, and
the naval dockyard at Chatham, England on the Medway in north
Kent.
After a ship's useful life is over, it makes one final voyage to
a shipbreaking yard. Often times this is one the shipyards found
in South Asia.
Historically speaking, shipbreaking was carried on in a drydock
in developed countries. High wages and environmental
regulations; however, have resulted in movement of the industry
to newly developing regions.
Historically, ships were the first items to be produced in a
factory. The Venice Arsenal in Italy was known for its early
version of the assembly line and was able to produce one ship
per day. This was even before the Industrial Revolution in the
1900's. At its peak, the Arsenal employed more than 16,000
workers and craftsmen.
Docks have always been the lifeblood of inter-country trade and
migration. Before the advent of modern air travel, cities with
docks became rich because of the trade they generated.
Today, sea travel and trade remain strong. Dock still serve the
same purpose as they had all these years. Although, they are no
longer connected to the romantic trade dreams of the 1600's,
they still provide livelihood and trade to the many countries
that employ sea trade.
About the author:
James Monahan is the owner and Senior Editor of DockGuide.com and writes
expert articles about docks.
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