A kind of toll apparently paid for permission to load a ship; (also) the right to collect this toll; = lastage, n. 1.

A payment for permission to load a ship; a port duty levied at so much per last (see last, n.2 2).

A toll or charge payable for anchoring a vessel in a particular harbour or anchoring ground; the right to anchor a vessel as obtained by paying…

A charge or toll levied upon fish or other commodities landed on a ‘strand’.

A charge levied for the use of planks at landing places.

A tax or duty levied on goods landed or loaded at a quay, or on ships using a quay.

A duty paid to the local Trinity House society on goods brought into the port of Hull (cf. primage, n.1 2). Also more widely: a customary payment to…

A duty payable on the cargo of a ship.

(perhaps) money paid for the maintenance of perches in a harbour, etc.; see sense 1d.

The action of perch, v.1 (now chiefly in sense 2); an instance of this. Also: (in quot. 1818) a place in which to perch. Frequently attributive, as…

= keelage, n.

? an impost levied on shipping for the use of a wharf.

in Flanders, ? an impost levied on shipping to pay the cost of clearing the harbour from sand.

The charge or dues exacted for the use of a wharf.

A due paid for the taking of soundings.

The charge or payment for towing a vessel (in quot. 1670, for permission to tow along the bank). Also attributive.

A duty levied on vessels lying upon a shore or beach, or entering a port; spec. in the City of London (see quot. 1854).

Payment levied for the use of the banks of a river or other watercourse, esp. for landing or storing goods.

A charge or duty levied for rowing.

= shore-due n.

Payment for the services of a pilot on a vessel; an instance of this.

A tax or duty levied on vessels in harbour; (perhaps) a charge for each day spent in port.

Toll paid for the privilege of taking ballast.

A toll for travelling or mooring on a river. historical.

The use of, or right to use, a pier or wharf; a toll or fee paid for this; (also) a sum paid for the maintenance of a pier. In later use frequently…

= shore-due n. (see mail, n.1).

A toll levied for the repair and maintenance of lighthouses and other lights for navigation, paid by a vessel entering a port. Now rare.

(See quot. 1611.)

a charge levied for use of a port; = harbour-due n. at harbour, n.1 compounds 2.

a toll levied on ships for the maintenance of lights in lighthouses and lightships; = light due n., light duty, n.1

(in plural) = port charge n.

A tax or duty levied on all goods brought into or carried out of the Port of London.

= measurage, n. 1.

The fee charged for the use of moorings.

A toll or due payable by a ship on entering or anchoring in a harbour.

a toll paid for making use of a ‘shore’ or port; a harbour-due.

a charge for the use of a harbour (usually in plural).

A toll levied for passing through a lock or locks on a canal or river. Also as a mass noun. Now somewhat rare.

A charge for the use of a warehouse for storage; a warehouse.

At the port of Kingston-upon-Hull: dues levied on a vessel for the use of a jetty or pier.

A toll levied on ships for the maintenance of lights in lighthouses and lightships. Cf. light due n. at light, n.1 compounds 3.

import or export duty levied at a port.

= port charge n.

Charges made for the use of docks.

a toll levied on ships for the maintenance of lights in lighthouses and lightships; = light duty, n.1

A charge or toll for the conveyance of goods by canal. Obsolete.

General attributive (in sense 2a), as posting-board, posting-business; (in sense 3), as †posting-dues.

Apparently a charge for ‘warping’ or hauling ships entering certain harbours.

In the navigation of the river Thames, a revolving apparatus at the river-side, round which a rope was wound to haul craft through difficult…

The charge made for the mooring of ships to posts in a harbour. Cf. posting, n.1 3.

(see quot.).

The dues payable for mooring a vessel.

a duty on ships entering a harbour.