Rules on Containers: Conflict Between Maritime Labor Law and Federal Shipping Acts—End of Twenty Years of Litigation: Where Do We Go from Here?

Article by Francis A. Scanlan

Containerization (i.e., packing cargo in metal boxes) blossomed in the 1960s. Prior to that time, cargo was transported primarily in loose form (e.g., bags and bundles) to marine cargo terminals by ship, by truck, or by rail, where members of the various locals of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) handled the cargo at East and Gulf coast ports from Maine to Texas. These members performed the terminal work as well as the loading or unloading of ocean going vessels.


About the Author

Francis A. Scanlan. Partner, Scanlan & Scanlan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lecturer in Admiralty Law, Temple University School of Law, University of Athens School of Law, and University of Rome School of Law; A.B. 1947, Temple University; L.L.B. 1950, Temple University.

Citation

64 Tul. L. Rev. 479 (1989)