common carrier
transportation firm that must carry any customer's goods if the customer is willing to pay. Common carriers include trucking companies, bus lines, and airlines.
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COMMON CARRIER
An individual, partnership, or corporation that transports persons or goods for compensation.
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COMMON CARRIER
Any carrier engaged in the interstate transportation of persons/property on a regular schedule at published rates, and whose services are available to the general public on a for-hire basis. Regulated by the ICC.
Common Carrier - A business or agency that is available to the public for transportation of persons, goods or messages. Common carriers include trucking companies, bus lines and airlines.
Common Carrier - An organization that transports persons or goods for a fee.
Common Law - The body of law based on customs, usages, and court decisions rather than statutory laws.
(USA) A common carrier whose business extends beyond the boundaries of one state.
Interstate Commerce
(USA) Trade, transport, and communication between or among the several states of the United States.
Excluding common carriers, any person who under contract will transport passengers or goods for agreed upon compensation.
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Paper prepared by a common carrier at the start of a shipment that details the route the goods will follow to their final destination and states the transportation cost. The waybill typically accompanies the shipment to its destination.
[OTS] An unconditional assent to an offer; OR An assent to an offer conditioned on only minor changes that do not affect any material terms of the offer; OR Receipt by the consignee of a shipment thus terminating the common carrier liability.
The Federal legislation on mediation and arbitration of 1888 and 1895 applying to common carriers has been superseded by three Acts: the Act of 1913 (the Newlands Act); section 8 of the Act creating the Department of Labor (1913); and title III.
(iv) The freight rates by common carrier to important markets.
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The forwarder operates on a fee basis paid by the exporter and often receives an additional percentage of the freight charge from the common carrier.
Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NVOCC)
An ocean carrier that does not own or operate their own vessels. They use less than full containerloads which they ship on actual ship lines.
Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier
Abbreviation: NVOCC
A party who undertakes to carry goods and issues in his own name a Bill of Lading for suchcarriage, without having the availability of any own means of transport.
Wide Area Network (WAN): A network using common carrier provided lines (in contrast to LAN).
World Wide Web (WWW): A hypermedia system that lets you browse through an unlimited amount of interesting information.
Bill of Lading (B/L): A contract between a common carrier and a shipper to transport goods to a specific destination. B/L also represents receipt of the goods.
Waybill. Document prepared by a common carrier that provides the details of the route shipped goods are to follow.
seller where title to the goods sold passes when the goods in question are delivered to a common
carrier. When goods are shipped FOB shipping point, revenue is properly recognized when the
goods are delivered to the common carrier.
In 1997, only twenty-one pipelines were under the STB's jurisdiction. Those pipelines are treated as common carriers that must have rates that are reasonable and nondiscriminatory.
 See also: Expense, On board, Compensation, Banks, Bills
  
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