§1187c. Definitions
In this part:
(1) Bulk cargo
The term "bulk cargo" means cargo that is loaded and carried in bulk without mark or count.
(2) Contractor
The term "contractor" means an owner or operator of a vessel that enters into an operating agreement for the vessel with the Secretary of Transportation under section 1187a of this Appendix.
(3) Ocean common carrier
The term "ocean common carrier" means a person holding itself out to the general public to operate vessels to provide transportation by water of passengers or cargo between the United States and a foreign country for compensation, that-
(A) assumes responsibility for the transportation from the port or point of receipt to the port or point of destination, and
(B) utilizes, for all or part of that transportation, a vessel operating on the high seas or the Great Lakes between a port in the United States and a port in a foreign country, except that the term does not include a common carrier engaged in ocean transportation by ferry boat, ocean tramp, or chemical parcel-tanker. As used in this paragraph, "chemical parcel-tanker" means a vessel whose cargo-carrying capability consists of individual cargo tanks for bulk chemicals that are a permanent part of the vessel, that have segregation capability with piping systems to permit simultaneous carriage of several bulk chemical cargoes with minimum risk of cross-contamination, and that has a valid certificate of fitness under the International Maritime Organization Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk.
(4) Fleet
The term "Fleet" means the Maritime Security Fleet established pursuant to section 1187(a) of this Appendix.
(5) LASH vessel
The term "LASH vessel" means a lighter aboard ship vessel.
(6) United States-documented vessel
The term "United States-documented vessel" means a vessel documented under chapter 121 of title 46.
(June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VI, §654, as added