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countable and uncountable, plural lighterages
The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter (flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances). examples
The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter. quotations examples
If Goods are to be brought Home to your own House, there are Charges for Weighage, Cranage, Porterage, Wharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c.
1738, William Markham, A General Introduction to Trade and Business
He has certainly organized the lighterage service of the harbor for the O.S.N. Company with great ability.
1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Part 3, Chapter 1, p. 355
Moreover, as the traffic would be mainly morning and evening rush-hour services, at other times of the day much lighterage across the river could be saved by using part of the new terminus for freight trafic.
1952 July, “New Terminus for New York?”, in Railway Magazine, page 434