How ships unloaded into warehouse-lined basins

What would the warehouses in this proposed 1925 waterfront scene hold, and what ships would use the small central basin?

The supported answer concerns cargo handling: ships would unload directly into the warehouses, with cranes lifting goods to upper floors. Specific cargoes and vessels are not identified.

A warehouse-lined basin would allow vessels to unload directly into adjacent storage buildings. Cranes projecting from warehouse windows could lift cargo to upper floors instead of requiring every load to pass through the ground floor. That arrangement explains the connection between the basin and its surrounding buildings in the proposed 1925 scene. Particular cargoes and ship classes remain unidentified, and the referenced image is needed to judge those details.