coasting trade

American  

noun

1. trade between ports along the same coast.

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Etymology

Origin of coasting trade

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

Considerable short-distance coasting trade is sure to continue along that route, and it will share in the general benefit of the developments which await Isthmian and Central America.

From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon

He afterwards engaged in the coasting trade, and thus acquired an accurate knowledge of all the ports and bays of the island.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

He has not built the magnificent new port of Marseilles merely for the accommodation of the Mediterranean coasting trade of his empire.

From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard

The trade between all the different parts of the British empire would, in consequence of this uniformity in the customs-house laws, be as free as the coasting trade of Great Britain is at present.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain

Wilmington, metropolis, and has important coasting trade; population, 42,478.

From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by Alden, John B.