commercial transportation
For-profit passenger transit
Commercial transportation is the movement of people or goods for payment, as distinct from private or personal transport.
It encompasses airlines, freight trucking, shipping lines, railroads, buses, taxis, and rideshare services—any conveyance operated as a business.
The term often appears in regulatory and insurance contexts, where commercial vehicles and operators face stricter licensing requirements than private ones.
He got his commercial transportation license to drive delivery trucks.
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- big rigTractor-trailer combination
- long haulProlonged difficult undertaking
- portsShip berths or device jacks
- port of entryAuthorized border crossing location
highways · weigh station · shipping · inventory control · supply chain management · just in time · cargo ships · dispatching · drayage · air freight · customs clearance · warehouses · licensing requirements · bill of lading · common carrier · railways · fuel taxes · courier services
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