docks

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Harbor staff try to ease them along to the 42 floats built to accommodate the creatures and they use big wooden panels, called herding boards, to gently shoo them away from the boat docks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Miller, of Gayton Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, had been transporting scrap metal from King's Lynn docks to two Network Rail depots in Essex and Cambridgeshire.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Elsewhere, police dismantled a makeshift barrier erected by protesters blockading western Galway docks.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

The port is expecting a slight volume dip in March, followed by a stronger April as retailers and others replenish their stock and spring and summer fashions arrive at its docks.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

She saw James across by the docks, leading Maybeth and Sammy down to the boat.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt