assessment agreementmeans an agreement, whether part of a collective bargaining agreement or negotiated separately, to the extent the agreement provides for the funding of collectively bargained fringe-benefit obligations on other than a uniform worker-hour basis, regardless of the cargo handled or type of vessel or equipment used.
bulk cargomeans cargo that is loaded and carried in bulk without mark or count.
certain covered servicesmeans, with respect to a vessel—
controlled carriermeans an ocean common carrier that is, or whose operating assets are, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by a government, with ownership or control by a government being deemed to exist for a carrier if—
deferred rebatemeans a return by a common carrier of any freight money to a shipper, where the return is—
forest productsincludes lumber in bundles, rough timber, ties, poles, piling, laminated beams, bundled siding, bundled plywood, bundled core stock or veneers, bundled particle or fiber boards, bundled hardwood, wood pulp in rolls, wood pulp in unitized bales, and paper and paper board in rolls or in pallet or skid-sized sheets.
inland divisionmeans the amount paid by a common carrier to an inland carrier for the inland portion of through transportation offered to the public by the common carrier.
inland portionmeans the charge to the public by a common carrier for the non-ocean portion of through transportation.
loyalty contractmeans a contract with an ocean common carrier or agreement providing for—
marine terminal operatormeans a person engaged in the United States in the business of providing wharfage, dock, warehouse, or other terminal facilities in connection with a common carrier, or in connection with a common carrier and a water carrier subject to subchapter II of chapter 135 of title 49.
non-vessel-operating common carriermeans a common carrier that—
ocean common carriermeans a vessel-operating common carrier.
ocean transportation intermediarymeans an ocean freight forwarder or a non-vessel-operating common carrier.
service contractmeans a written contract, other than a bill of lading or receipt, between one or more shippers, on the one hand, and an individual ocean common carrier or an agreement between or among ocean common carriers, on the other, in which—
shipmentmeans all of the cargo carried under the terms of a single bill of lading.
through ratemeans the single amount charged by a common carrier in connection with through transportation.
through transportationmeans continuous transportation between origin and destination for which a through rate is assessed and which is offered or performed by one or more carriers, at least one of which is a common carrier, between a United States port or point and a foreign port or point.