Section 4Sec./Art. 4

Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms used herein shall mean as follows:

a. "Port facility" shall include wharves, piers, slips, docks, bulkheads, basins, warehouses, cold storage, loading and unloading equipment, and passenger terminals and accessories;

b. "Transportation facility" includes passenger and cargo boats, ferry boats, lighters, tugs, barges, scows, harbor craft of any kind, and any other kind of facility now in use or hereafter designated for use of the transportation or carriage of persons or goods;

c. "Navigable waters" means all navigable portions of the seas, estuaries and inland waterways;

d. "Wharf" means a continuous structure built parallel to or along the margin of the sea or alongside riverbanks, canals or other waterways where vessels may lie alongside to receive and discharge cargo or passenger, or lie at rest;

e. "Pier" includes any stage, stair, landing stage, jetty, floating barge or pontoon, and any bridge or other works connected therewith;

f. "Dock" includes locks, cuts, entrances, graving docks, inclined planes, slipways, quays and other works relative thereto;

g. "Bulkhead" means any structure serving to divide land and water areas;

h. "Basin" means any naturally or artificially enclosed or nearly enclosed body of water in free communication with the sea;

i. "Warehouse" means any building for storage or shed for cargo;

j. "Lighter" means any large flat-bottomed boat or barge used in transporting goods, or in loading or unloading of vessels not lying alongside piers or wharves;

k. "Anchorage" means any place with sufficient depth of water where vessels anchor or may ride at anchor within the harbor;

l. "Goods" includes wares and merchandise of every description;

m. "Rates" includes tolls, fees, dues and rent imposed by the Authority;

n. "Vehicle" includes any carriage traveling on its own wheels or runners and used or intended to be used for the conveyance or carrying of persons, animals or goods; and

o. "Vessels" includes any ship, boat or any waterborne craft used in the conveyance or carrying of persons, animals or goods.