cabotage

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country.

   “Cabotage traffic may be carried by a foreign carrier on special permission of the civil aeronautics authorities […].”

2. (countable, uncountable)The right to engage in such transport.

   “Cabotage, used as a legal term, here refers to the right to transport goods or passengers between ports of a country.”

3. (countable, uncountable)The exclusive right of a country to control such transport.

   “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 […].”