Trade · 6 pages · 12 min
Cabotage reserves carriage between a country's own ports for ships that meet that country's domestic rules.
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Cabotage is the reservation of domestic point-to-point carriage for ships that satisfy the coastal state's own rules on flag, ownership, build, or crew. A foreign ship may bring in imports or take out exports, yet be barred from the next leg that starts and ends inside that same country. The opening covers domestic legs are reserved, international calls stay open, and the Jones Act is one version.
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