Class Codes & Rates:

 Code 7309F is applied to insureds engaged in stevedoring operations provided such operations are not otherwise classified in the Basic Manual. Stevedoring for workers compensation classification purposes contemplates any or all of the following operations when conducted by employees who are not members of the crews of vessels:     1.    Loading or unloading, stowing, shifting or trimming of cargo, supplies and materials on board vessels. (Trimming refers to balancing a ship by shifting cargo.) 2.    Transfer of cargo, supplies and materials between vessels and piers and vice versa, irrespective of the necessity of work on board vessels by employees of the insured.