53:2-32 Unlawful actions.

27. It shall be unlawful for any person to load or unload waterborne freight onto or from vehicles other than railroad cars at piers or at other waterfront terminals within the port of New York district, for a fee or other compensation, other than the following persons and their employees:

a. Carriers of freight by water, but only at piers at which their vessels are berthed;

b. Other carriers of freight, including but not limited to, railroads and truckers, but only in connection with freight transported or to be transported by those other carriers;

c. Operators of piers or other waterfront terminals, including railroads, truck terminal operators, warehousemen and other persons, but only at piers or other waterfront terminals operated by them;

d. Shippers or consignees of freight, but only in connection with freight shipped by the shipper or consigned to the consignee; and

e. Stevedores licensed under section 7 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-12), whether or not waterborne freight has been or is to be transported by a carrier of freight by water with which the stevedore shall have a contract of the type prescribed by paragraph (4) of subsection e. of this section.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to permit any loading or unloading of any waterborne freight at any place by any person by means of any independent contractor, or any other agent other than an employee, unless the independent contractor is a person permitted by section 7 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-12) to load or unload freight at a place in the person's own right.

L.2017, c.324, s.27.