In the center of town was a busy public wharf, from which were shipped vegetables, fish and lumber.

Only two tenths of a mile (322 m) from Portsmouth's busy wharves, the island's gradual slope into the deep channel between was ideal for launching vessels.

Smuggling, theft and pilferage of cargoes were rife on both the busy open wharves and in the crowded warehouses.

But when I pulled into Castletownbere, a fishing town with a processing plant and busy, long wharf, thick fog obscured the tops of those mountains.

The White Flame banner set workers scurrying along the already busy wharf.

By the busy wharves, Philip saw trading vessels of every size and description.

He paints the land - cliffs, stretches of peaceful beach, lonely sand dunes, or a strip of busy wharf - as a frame for his water.

Coal Wharf (Moll il-Faħam) - one of the busiest wharfs in Malta.

Cross Creek itself was good-sized, with a busy public wharf and several large warehouses lining the water's edge.

As of 2011, it is the busiest and fastest growing wharf on the river.