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on Bancroft Bay, Gippsland Lakes , Victoria , Australia ]] A wharf is a fixed platform, commonly on Pilings , where Ships are loaded and unloaded. They often serve as interim storage areas with Warehouses , since the typical objective is to unload and reload vessels as quickly as possible. Where capacity is sufficient a single Quay constructed along the land adjacent to the water is normally used; where there is a need for more capacity many wharfs will instead be constructed projecting into the water, as with the well known collection of wharfs in San Francisco . A Pier , raised over the water rather than within it, is one type of wharf, commonly used for cases where the weight or volume of cargos will be low. Smaller and more modern wharves are sometimes built on flotation devices ( Pontoon s) to keep them at the same level to the ship even during changing tides. WELL KNOWN WHARVES ]]
ETYMOLOGY The word comes from the Old English ''hwearf'', meaning "heap", as of cargo, and its plural is either ''wharfs'', or, especially in American English , ''wharves''; collectively a group of these is referred to as a ''wharfing'' or ''wharfage''. One false Acronym claims that "wharf" stands for Ware'''H'''ouse '''A'''t '''R'''iver'''F'''ront. In the northeast and east of England the term staithe or '''staith''' (from the Norse for landing stage) is also used. For example Dunston Staiths in Gateshead and Brancaster Staithe in Norfolk . Though the term staithe may be used to refer only to loading chutes or ramps used for bulk commodities like coal in loading ships and barges. EXTERNAL LINKS
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