Definitions

§ 5901. Definitions In this chapter— (1) the definitions in section 10102 of this title apply. (2) “beneficial owner” means a person not having title to property but having ownership rights in the property, including a trustee of property in transit from an overseas place of origin that is domiciled or doing business in the United States, except that a carrier, agent of a carrier, broker, customs broker, freight forwarder, warehouser, or terminal operator is not a beneficial owner only because of providing or arranging for any part of the intermodal transportation of property. (3) “carrier” means— (A) a motor carrier, water carrier, and rail carrier providing transportation of property in commerce; and (B) an ocean common carrier (as defined in section 3 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 App. U.S.C. 1702)) providing transportation of property in commerce. (4) “container” has the meaning given the term “freight container" by the International Standards Organization in Series 1, Freight Containers, 3d Edition (reference number ISO668–1979(E)), including successive revisions, and similar containers that are used in providing transportation in interstate commerce. 108 STAT. 860 (5) “first carrier” means the first carrier transporting a loaded container or trailer in intermodal transportation. (6) “intermodal transportation” means the successive transportation of a loaded container or trailer from its place of origin to its place of destination by more than one mode of transportation in interstate or foreign commerce, whether under a single bill of lading or under separate bills of lading. (7) “trailer” means a nonpower, property-carrying, trailing unit that is designed for use in combination with a truck tractor.