49 U.S.C. § 5901 : US Code - Section 5901: Definitions

Search 49 U.S.C. § 5901 : US Code - Section 5901: Definitions

In this chapter -
(1) except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the
definitions in sections 10102 and 13102 of this title apply.
(2) "beneficial owner" means a person not having title to
property but having ownership rights in the property, including a
trustee of property in transit from an overseas place of origin
that is domiciled or doing business in the United States, except
that a carrier, agent of a carrier, broker, customs broker,
freight forwarder, warehouser, or terminal operator is not a
beneficial owner only because of providing or arranging for any
part of the intermodal transportation of property.
(3) "carrier" means -
(A) a motor carrier, water carrier, and rail carrier
providing transportation of property in commerce; and
(B) an ocean common carrier (as defined in section 3 of the
Shipping Act of 1984 (46 App. U.S.C. 1702)) providing
transportation of property in commerce.
(4) "container" has the meaning given the term "freight
container" by the International Standards Organization in Series
1, Freight Containers, 3d Edition (reference number ISO668-
1979(E)), including successive revisions, and similar containers
that are used in providing transportation in interstate commerce.
(5) "first carrier" means the first carrier transporting a
loaded container or trailer in intermodal transportation.
(6) "gross cargo weight" means the weight of the cargo,
packaging materials (including ice), pallets, and dunnage.
(7) "intermodal transportation" means the successive
transportation of a loaded container or trailer from its place of
origin to its place of destination by more than one mode of
transportation in interstate or foreign commerce, whether under a
single bill of lading or under separate bills of lading.
(8) "trailer" means a nonpower, property-carrying, trailing
unit that is designed for use in combination with a truck
tractor.