A large tanker came alongside the pier.
埠頭にはたくさんのコンテナが積まれている。
Many containers are stacked on the wharf.
The workers unloaded the cargo at the pier.
The ship set sail from the pier.
桟橋 is typically a smaller wooden pier or jetty used for boarding boats or fishing, whereas 埠頭 is a larger industrial structure for loading and unloading cargo ships.
港 refers to the whole harbor or port area, while 埠頭 is the specific pier or quay structure within it where ships actually dock.
埠頭 is a pier or wharf that extends out into the water, whereas 岸壁 is a quay built flush along the shoreline.
Used when counting piers/wharves (埠頭) as locations or facilities.
container terminal; container port
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Simplified variant using kana for the first character; seen in some publications.
The kanji 埠 means 'wharf' or 'pier', and 頭 means 'head' or 'end', together forming the concept of a landing place. The reading ふとう is on'yomi.