---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 258.1"
title: "8"
number: "258.1"
heading: "Limitations—General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/258.1"
---

# §258.1. Limitations—General.

- (a) **Longshore work defined.** Longshore work means any activity relating to the loading and unloading of cargo, the operation of cargo-related equipment [whether or not integral to the vessel], and the handling of mooring lines on the dock when the vessel is made fast or let go, in the United States or the coastal waters thereof.
  - (1) Longshore work is not included in the term “normal operation and service on board a vessel” for the purposes of section 101(a)(15)(D)(i) of the Act except as provided in sections [258 (c)](/cfr/8/258.md?p=c) or [(d)](/cfr/8/258.md?p=d) of the Act.
  - (2) A vessel that uses nonimmigrant crewmen to perform longshore work, other than the activities allowed in particular circumstances under § [258.2 (a)(2)](/cfr/8/258.2.md?p=a-2), [(b)](/cfr/8/258.2.md?p=a-b), or [(c)](/cfr/8/258.2.md?p=a-c) of this part, shall be subject to a fine under [section 251(d)](/cfr/8/251.md?p=d) of the Act.
- (b) **Port defined.** For purposes of this section, the term port means a geographic area, either on a seacoast, lake, river, or other navigable body of water, which contains one or more publicly or privately owned terminals, piers, docks, or maritime facilities, which is commonly regarded as a port by other government maritime related agencies, such as the Maritime Administration.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1281; 8 CFR part 2.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 40834, Sept. 8, 1992, unless otherwise noted.