Orlumbor

Ownership of wharves - Ed 3/1/10 Orlumbor's docks and warehouses are almost all locally owned, but many outside interests (including all of those you list!) rent warehouse space and try to buy influence over local trading companies and "dockers" (what we in the real world tend to call "longshoremen," to whit, the local loaders and unloaders who work the docks - - in the Realms, such work is almost always done WITH the crews of the ships). Amnians in particular have tried to buy control of the local traders of Orlumbor, or failing that become their creditors and try to dominate so much of their cash flow and other business as to be able to dictate to them - - but of course these attempts haven't gone unnoticed, and are countered by OTHER Amnians, and other trade interests entirely, including several Waterdhavian noble families who have long had merchant interests in Orlumbor.