stevedore
stevedore (stee-v[schwa]-dor).Maritime law. A person or company that hires longshore and harbor workers to load and unload ships. Cf. SEAMAN. [Cases: Shipping 84, 110. C.J.S. Shipping §§ 199–210, 326, 328.]
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seaman
Maritime law. Under the Jones Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, a person who is attached to a navigating vessel as an employee below the rank of officer and contributes to the function of the vessel or the accomplishment of its mission. • Seamen’s injuries are covered under the Jones Act and
turnover duty
turnover duty. Maritime law. A shipowner’s obligation to provide safe working conditions and to give notice of any nonobvious hazards regarding instruments and areas that the shipowner turns over to the stevedore and longshoremen while the ship is being loaded or unloaded. Cf. ACTIVE-OPERATIONS DUTY; INTERVENTION DUTY. [Cases: Shipping 84(3).]