cabotage
/ˈkæbətɑʒ/
noun
- The right to operate sea, air, or other transport services within a particular country, especially when reserved for that country's own carriers.
- Many countries have strict cabotage rules to protect their own shipping industries.
- The airline lost its license because it violated cabotage laws by flying domestic routes without permission.
- The new trade agreement relaxed cabotage restrictions, allowing foreign trucks to deliver goods within the nation.
- Transportation of goods or passengers between two points in the same country by a foreign carrier.
- The law defines cabotage as any movement of cargo or people within a country's borders by a foreign operator.
- Cabotage is often prohibited to support national carriers and local jobs.
- The shipping company was fined for engaging in cabotage without a local partner.