[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR387.401]



[Page 300-301]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 387_MINIMUM LEVELS OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOTOR CARRIERS

--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart D_Surety Bonds and Policies of Insurance for Freight Forwarders

 

Sec. 387.401  Definitions.



    Source: 55 FR 11201, Mar. 27, 1990, unless otherwise noted. 

Redesignated at 61 FR 54710, Oct. 21, 1996.





    (a) Freight forwarder means a person holding itself out to the 

general public



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(other than as an express, pipeline, rail, sleeping car, motor, or water 

carrier) to provide transportation of property for compensation in 

interstate commerce, and in the ordinary course of its business:

    (1) Performs or provides for assembling, consolidating, break-bulk, 

and distribution of shipments; and

    (2) Assumes responsibility for transportation from place of receipt 

to destination; and

    (3) Uses for any part of the transportation a carrier subject to 

FMCSA jurisdiction.

    (b) Household goods freight forwarder (HHGFF) means a freight 

forwarder of household goods, unaccompanied baggage, or used 

automobiles.

    (c) Motor vehicle means any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or 

semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used to transport 

property, but does not include any vehicle, locomotive, or car operated 

exclusively on a rail or rails. The following combinations will be 

regarded as one motor vehicle:

    (1) A tractor that draws a trailer or semitrailer; and

    (2) A truck and trailer bearing a single load.