Talk:Cabotage

"Most countries do not permit Cabotage by foreigners"
Can someone please provide a source for that? I'm sure it's true, but a reference would be very helpful. It might also be worth mentioning that in some countries with liberal rules (eg here in the UK) the USA's restrictions on cabotage are widely seen as highly unfair protectionism. Loganberry (Talk) 15:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

That's the definition of cabotage. If they are not foreign, it is not cabotage. I replaced foreigners with foreign companies. It sounds less demeaning against foreigners and also flights or ship routes are usually operated by companies, not individuals. Archtrain 16:12, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

So what is cabotage after all?

 * Isn't cabotage primarily a third country operator carrying goods within the boundaries of another country? My impression was always that this was the first meaning of this word/term.
 * I have just read in a magazine about "cabotage" used to mean continental European trucks taking advantage of diesel fuel being much cheaper in e.g. Belgium than in Britain and having a huge fuel tank, to fill up in Belgium with enough fuel to drive 3000 miles, deliver a load in Britain, and then carry loads about within Britain, before he picks up his load which is taken back to e.g. Belgium, taking with him the money that he earned carrying within Britain. I assumed that the word was a portmanteau between "cab" (of truck) and "sabotage", referring to its destructive effects on the native British haulage trade. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Merge: Cabotage and Cabotage trade
Both articles start out with the definition from the American Heritage Dictionary and both are stubs. The information in the articles seem to complement each other for neutrality and the merger will probably add to the robustness of content. --Emana 17:00, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree. The Gomm 19:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your input. As of now, the two articles will be merged after Dec. 27th, 2006 unless challenged otherwise. -- Emana 18:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Australian Cabotage?
The statement that "Australia and Chile allow passenger airlines owned by foreign entities to operate domestic flights." is strange - the reference is strictly reagarding Chile. The only references I can find for Australia are rather emphatic that only New Zealand is allowed to fly domestic routes within Australia: http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_committees?url=/ncet/economicenvironment/subs/sub31.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.176.200.148 (talk) 22:00, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

"this introductory provision was abandoned after criticism in the light of the Paros ferry disaster"
I don't get it. How is it possible to connect that specific accident to the cabotage? In what way could it be so influential? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mails65 (talk • contribs) 21:11, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

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Etymology
Cabotage is borrowed from French, and that word is derived from caboter which means "to travel along the coast". The origin of caboter is obscure: it may come from cap or cabo "cape", or it may refer to a type of boat. The etymological dictionary of the Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales says that it is unlikely that the word is named after the Italian explorer. --ABehrens (talk) 07:47, 27 January 2020 (UTC)