[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR112.1]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 112--CARRIERS, CARTMEN, AND LIGHTERMEN--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 112.1  Definitions.


    When used in this part, the following terms shall have the meaning 
indicated:
    Carrier. A ``carrier'' is one who undertakes to transport goods, 
merchandise or people.
    Cartman. A ``cartman'' is one who undertakes to transport goods or 
merchandise within the limits of the port.
    Common carrier. A ``common carrier'' is a carrier owning or 
operating a railroad, steamship, or other transportation line or route 
which undertakes to transport goods or merchandise for all of the 
general public who choose to employ him.
    Contract carrier. A ``contract carrier'' is a carrier which 
undertakes to transport specific goods or merchandise for a specific 
person or group of persons, and is authorized to operate as such by any 
agency of the United States.
    District. ``District'' means the geographic area in which the 
parties excepted by the last sentence of Sec. 112.2(b)(2) may operate 
under their bonds without obtaining a cartage or lighterage license 
issued under this part. A listing of each district, and the ports 
thereunder, will be published on or before October 1, 1995, and whenever 
updated.
    Freight forwarder. A ``freight forwarder'' is one who engages in the 
business of dispatching shipments on behalf of other persons, for a 
consideration, in foreign or domestic commerce between the United 
States, its territories or possessions, and foreign countries, and of 
handling the formalities incident to such shipments, and is authorized 
to operate as such by any agency of the United States.
    Lighterman. A ``lighterman'' is one who transports goods or 
merchandise on a barge, scow, or other small vessel to or from a vessel 
within the port, or from place to place within a port.
    Private carrier. A ``private carrier'' is a carrier of his own goods 
or merchandise.

[T.D. 73-140, 38 FR 13551, May 23, 1973, as amended by T.D. 95-77, 60 FR 
50019, Sept. 27, 1995]

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