Sound effects tag

Dock Sound Effects

Dock sound effects from working ports and quieter harbours. Cranes loading cargo ships, containers dropping, trucks coming and going, huge pieces of metal creaking and scraping, and big impacts ringing round inside a container ship. Sirens and steam on top. Then the gentler side of the water's edge: waves against a pier, seagulls, ferry rides and boats heading out.

Libraries
11
Publishers
11
Formats
Mono, stereo, surround
Sample rates
48 to 96 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$9.99 to $129
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
The industrial soundscape captures busy dock activities with powerful sound effects: containers crashing, cranes operating, metal scraping, and reverberating impacts aboard container ships.
17 files · 763 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This library contains 14 water sound effects from Madeira, including waves, waterfalls, streams, and drips. Files feature extensive Soundminer, BWAV, and iXML metadata.
14 files · 447 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Maritime ambiences blend waves, seabirds, and boat sounds into authentic sound effects captured worldwide, offering versatile harbor and seaside atmospheres for diverse projects.
59 files · 2.27 GB · Metadata

A dock is a big, hard space next to water, so everything clangs and carries. For a busy Port in daylight, stack the cranes, trucks and container drops and let the impacts bounce. A quiet Harbour wants gulls, small boats and a bit of wave against the wall, and the Ferry recordings add riding tones and bow wash for when the story leaves the dock. For a night scene, strip it all back to creaking metal, the odd distant truck and the water.

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