JAMB - Commerce (1997 - No. 26)
Stevedores as a term in foreign trade means men who
inspect goods in ships
import goods by ships
collect duties in ships
load and unload ships
Explication
A stevedore, dockworker, docker, dock laborer, wharfie, wharf rat, lumper, and/or longshoreman is a waterfront manual laborer who is involved in loading and unloading ships.