### Question
What is the definition of ocean common carrier?


### Answer
The definition of **ocean common carrier** is as follows in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 1187c*:

> 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

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 1187c*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 24A-MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1928 > SUBCHAPTER VI-VESSEL OPERATING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS > Part B-Maritime Security Fleet Program**

