§ 387.401 Definitions.
发布02-24
生效02-24
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本条款为美国联邦法规第49篇（交通）中关于跨境陆运及州际运输的定义性规定。核心明确了Freight Forwarder（货运代理）的法定构成要件：需面向公众提供有偿运输服务，负责集拼、分拨，承担全程运输责任，且必须使用受FMCSA管辖的承运人。同时界定了HHGFF（家庭物品货代）及Motor Vehicle（机动车）的具体范围，特别是将牵引车+挂车组合视为单一车辆。此定义直接关联FMCSA对货代资质许可及运营合规性的监管边界。
- (a) Freight forwarder means a person holding itself out to the general public (other than as an express, pipeline, rail, sleeping car, motor, or water carrier) to provide transportation of property for compensation in interstate commerce, and in the ordinary course of its business:
- (1) Performs or provides for assembling, consolidating, break-bulk, and distribution of shipments; and
- (2) Assumes responsibility for transportation from place of receipt to destination; and
- (3) Uses for any part of the transportation a carrier subject to FMCSA jurisdiction.
- (b) Household goods freight forwarder (HHGFF) means a freight forwarder of household goods, unaccompanied baggage, or used automobiles.
- (c) Motor vehicle means any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used to transport property, but does not include any vehicle, locomotive, or car operated exclusively on a rail or rails. The following combinations will be regarded as one motor vehicle:
- (1) A tractor that draws a trailer or semitrailer; and
- (2) A truck and trailer bearing a single load.