NYSA-ILA Pension Trust Fund & Plan v. Uiterwyk Lines (West Africa) Ltd. (In Re Uiterwyk Corp.)

ORDER

CASTAGNA, District Judge.

The material facts in this case are not in dispute. Uiterwyk Lines (West Africa) (“UWAL”), an international carrier contracted with Universal Maritime Service Corporation (“Universal”) for the loading and unloading of its vessels in the Port of New York. Universal provided longshoremen to perform the labor involved and it paid the longshoremen’s wages. UWAL neither hired nor fired the longshoremen, nor did it supervise their day-to-day activities. UWAL was, however, a signatory to the collective bargaining agreement between the New York Shipping Association, Inc.…