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Definition :

Stevedore [fr. estivar,Sp., to stow], a person employed to stow a cargo on board a ship. See the (English) Merchant Shipping (Stevedores and Trimmers) Act, 1911.

--a stevedore is a mere handler of goods in the maritime movement of commodities, AIR 1965 Ker 239 (240).

A person employed in loading and unloading of vessels, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1426.

Stevedore, is a workman employed either as an overseer or a labourer in the loading and unloading of the cargoes of merchant vessels, Provident Fund Inspector, Ernakulum v. B. Paul Abro, AIR 1965 Ker 239.

Means a person employed to store package and goods in a ship's hold, Kasablal Banerjee v. Calcutta D.L. Board, AIR 1960 Cal 166.