[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 19CFR112.1]



[Page 529-530]

 

                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; 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.



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    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]