Coastal shipping plays a major role in supplying communities in Greenland. Where a road trip to the next settlement is not an option, the arrival of a vessel can be a significant moment in the movement of everyday goods. But arrival at the harbour and delivery into someone's hands are not the same event.
Cargo must be unloaded, sorted and passed along. Port facilities, weather, shipping schedules and the type of goods all shape that process. For someone awaiting a parcel or supplies, the useful time is not merely when the ship docks, but when the item becomes available. The current material does not document residents forming a physical queue at a specific Greenlandic port, so that scene must not be presented as fact.
The distinction is between distance on a map and distance in daily life. A journey across the sea can end while the last stage of delivery is still beginning. Waiting is not always visible as people standing in a line; sometimes it is the interval between 'the ship is here' and 'this one is yours.'
There are at least two kinds of order at a port: the sequence in which a vessel is unloaded and the sequence in which residents collect goods. Evidence for the first is not evidence for the second. A story about coastal Greenland needs a documented handover at a particular settlement, not merely a description of the shipping network.
This entry does not turn a delivery delay into a human queue. Until collection order is documented in a named settlement, it remains a B article about the structure of coastal waiting.