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. The United States enforces one of the strictest regimes through the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, known as the Jones Act, which requires that any vessel carrying goods between US ports be built in the United States, fly the US flag, and be owned and crewed by US citizens. The European Union takes the opposite approach: member states grant each other reciprocal cabotage rights, and a non-resident road haulier who has driven a load into another member state may pick up and deliver one further load there before returning across the border.
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Core ConcernForeign carriers serving domestic routes, and states forbidding it 1 FAQs
What does the word cabotage mean and where does it come from?
Transport between two places in the same country by a foreign registered carrier; the word comes from the French caboter, to travel along the coast.
Cabotage is the transport of goods or passengers between two places in the same country by a carrier registered in a different country. It was originally a coastal shipping term from the French caboter, to travel along the coast, and it now extends to aviation, rail and road transport. Most countries restrict or prohibit cabotage to protect their domestic carriers.
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1. Wikipedia: Cabotage
WikipediaLead section
Most countries do not permit cabotage, and there are strict sanctions against it
In shipping, United States section
the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act) requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried on ships that have been constructed in the United States, and fly the U.S. flag, are owned by U.S. citizens, and crewed by U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
Part Of: Aviation, lead paragraph
The term originally applied to shipping along coastal routes, port to port, but now applies to aviation, railways, and road transport as well.
In Group: Carrier Law and Rights, Lead sentence
Cabotage () is the transport of goods or passengers between two places in the same country by a carrier registered in a different country.
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