AN ACR FLC IN AN SF34 HAS A L WINGTIP STRIKE THE SF34 PARKED IN THE NEXT SPOT WHILE THE GND CREW WAS MARSHALING THEM INTO THE GATE.

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WHILE BEING MARSHALED INTO THE GATE IN PHL; THE L WINGLET OF OUR PLANE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE R WING OF A SAAB SF340. OUR ACFT WAS LINED UP PERFECTLY WITH THE TAXI LINE. THERE WERE 3 MARSHALERS -- ONE ON EACH WINGTIP AND A PRIMARY. BOTH WINGTIP MARSHALERS WERE HOLDING A LIT WAND IN THE AIR SIGNALING SUFFICIENT WINGTIP CLRNC. THE LEAD MARSHALLER WAS SIGNALING THE GO AHEAD. USING CAUTION AND WITH THE ADDED ASSURANCE OF WINGTIP CLRNC OF THE L WINGTIP WALKER; I CONTINUED TAXIING THE ACFT FOLLOWING THE PRIMARY LEAD'S MARSHALING INSTRUCTIONS. AT NO TIME DID THE PRIMARY MARSHALLER SIGNAL A STOP. IT WASN'T UNTIL THE WINGLET CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE SAAB DID THE WING WALKER ISSUE A STOP. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE L WING WALKER AND THE PRIMARY MARSHALLER BECAME INVOLVED IN A HEATED ARGUMENT. WHAT I BELIEVED REALLY CAUSED THE PROB. THE SAAB THAT WE HIT WAS PARKED THERE EARLIER IN THE DAY BY A DIFFERENT SET OF RAMP WORKERS. ACCORDING TO THE CAPT; DURING THEIR TAXI IN A PAIR OF CHOCKS WERE NOTICED ON THE TAXI LINE. IN AN EFFORT TO MISS THE CHOCKS THE CAPT PARKED THE AIRPLANE SEVERAL FT TO THE R OF THE TAXI LINE ENCROACHING INTO OUR PARKING SPOT. THE CREW THAT MARSHALED US IN WAS UNAWARE THE SAAB WAS NOT PARKED IN ITS NORMAL POS. NOT NORMALLY HAVING A CLRNC PROB; THE PRIMARY LEAD MARSHALED US IN WITHOUT REGARD FOR WINGTIP CLRNC. I BELIEVE THAT IF THERE HAD BEEN BETTER COMS BTWN THE CHANGING SHIFTS AND THE INDIVIDUALS ASSIGNED TO MARSHAL THE ACFT; THIS SIT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. ALSO A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE FACT THAT THE L WINGTIP MARSHALLER HAD ONLY 1 LIT WAND. HE HAD NO CLR WAY TO SIGNAL THE PRIMARY LEAD OF THE INADEQUATE CLRNC.