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countable and uncountable, plural cabotages
The transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country. quotations examples
Cabotage traffic may be carried by a foreign carrier on special permission of the civil aeronautics authorities […].
1943, William Armistead Moale Burden, The Struggle for Airways in Latin America, page 51
(law) The right to engage in such transport. quotations examples
Cabotage, used as a legal term, here refers to the right to transport goods or passengers between ports of a country.
2002, Kevin Colin Ingram, Xingang Li, Maritime Law and Policy in China, page 19
The exclusive right of a country to control such transport. quotations examples
Professor Levine distinguishes two kinds of cabotage: "primary cabotage" which can be compared with ninth freedom cabotages and "long-haul limited cabotage" which can be compared with eighth freedom cabotage […].
1992, Pablo Mendes de Leon, Cabotage in Air Transport Regulation, page 104