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dock company

 
 
noun [C] TRANSPORT, COMMERCE

Definition

a company that owns and operates a port: The firm told the dock company to deal with the timber according to the instructions of a clerk of the firm.
(Definition of dock company noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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