maritime employment

maritime employment
Employment on a vessel, in the operation and repair of vessels, in loading and unloading vessels, and other longshore work. Anno: 83 ALR 1039; 58 Am J1st Workm Comp § 124. A service is not necessarily a maritime service because it is rendered upon the high seas or a navigable river. To be a maritime service it must have some relation to commerce or navigation; some connection with a vessel employed in trade,-with her equipment, her preservation or the preservation of her crew. Cope v Vallette Dry-Dock Co. (CC La) 16 F 924.

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