Concepts

Cabotage

KAB-uh-tij, also KAB-uh-tahzh

Legal Concept

Citation Formats

General Reference

Transport Atlas. "Cabotage." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/cabotage.

APA Style

Transport Atlas. (n.d.). Cabotage. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/cabotage

BibTeX

@misc{transportatlas-cabotage,
  author = {Transport Atlas},
  title = {Cabotage},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/cabotage},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The transport of goods or passengers between two places in the same country by a carrier registered in a different country. Originally a coastal shipping term from the French caboter, to travel along the coast, it now extends to aviation, rail and road transport, and most countries restrict or prohibit it to protect domestic carriers.

Facts

Core Concern

Foreign carriers serving domestic routes, and states forbidding it 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Part Of

Maritime Transport

Cabotage began as a coastal shipping doctrine and now extends to aviation, rail and road transport as well.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Cabotage

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Quote, Lead section

Most countries do not permit cabotage, and there are strict sanctions against it

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