Longshoremen

... is the equivalent word used in America. This was "reluctantly" accepted as a correct answer.

Sometimes, if you want to discourage a particular answer, you can include it in the question. For example: "What term was used in the UK, in the days before containerisation, for the highly skilled dock workers (known in America as longshoremen) who were specialists ..."

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