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

As I told Prescott, Merril has a notion of going into the coasting trade, and wants our carrying.

From Thrice Armed by Bindloss, Harold

The effect, he said, on the British coasting trade was, that as the foreigner could load as far as he liked, and therefore carry larger cargoes, he could accept lower rates.

From A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Cumberland, Barlow

To prevent evasion, it was guarded by the most stringent provisions and heavy penalties, so that the coasting trade suffered severely.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

Maranh�o is situated about fourteen hundred miles north of Rio Janeiro, with which port it carries on an extensive coasting trade.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray

In the coasting trade the exports are mostly pig-iron, codfish and some products of local industries and agriculture.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various