The main damage reasons resulting in poor seismic performance of the high-pile-supported wharves are clarified by examining extensive documented case histories of the damaged pile-supported wharves. The state of the art of the research on the pile-supported wharves,from the aspects of the seismic design methods,soil-pile interaction,seismic performance of the batter piles and the pile-deck connections,is presented,and the application of the findings from the seismic design codes for the pile-supported wharv...