The dues for landing or shipping goods at a wharf; customs charges in particular. Thus for goods not liable to duty, and forcibly taken for examination, wharfage charges are demanded even from a ship of war!
·noun A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing. II. Wharfage ·noun The fee or duty paid for the pr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The charges made upon shipping for the use of docks. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
See port-charges. ...
A toll formerly levied by the Danes on all merchant vessels passing the sound or strait between the ...