cranage

noun — 2 senses

cranage

noun

/ˈkɹeɪnɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology From Middle English cranage, from crane + -age.

1

The use of a crane to hoist goods.

  • 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:
  • On the short sea route there was continued demand for non-containerised traffic, and a trans-shipment depot was established by an independent haulier at Stranraer in 1979, with overhead cranage to handle steel products from Teesside that justified running a daily Speedlink service from north east England.2020 November 18, Industry Insider, “Improving rail connectivity”, in Rail, page 68:
2

Fees paid for use of the crane.

Coordinate terms
demurrage, shippage, shorage, tonnage, wharfage

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