{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Coastal shipping","description":"Coastal shipping is the carriage of goods by sea along a country's own coastline, between ports of the same state. In Australia, North America and Japan it is governed by cabotage rules and therefore often reserved to domestic operators and crews. It competes not with deep-sea trades but with rail and road inland: one coastal vessel replaces several hundred truck runs on a long corridor and burns far less fuel per tonne-kilometre. The trade-off is longer transit times, fixed sailing days and the","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/coastal-shipping","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-09-14T18:20:27.209207","citation":"Frachtportal-News «Australien fördert mehr Güter auf der Schiene, um Diesel zu sparen» (14.09.2026); Australian Government, TRACK Grant Opportunity Guidelines (September 2026)","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/coastal-shipping","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Coastal shipping · Coastal shipping is the carriage of goods by sea along a country's own coastline, between ports of the same state. · Quelle: Frachtportal-News «Australien fördert mehr Güter auf der Schiene, um Diesel zu sparen» (14.09.2026); Australian Government, TRACK Grant Opportunity Guidelines (September 2026)"}