Carrier 14 : Any person or entity who, in a contract of carriage, undertakes to perform or to procure the performance of carriage by rail, road, sea, air, inland waterway or by a combination of such modes
US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Glossary of Shipping Terms, Washington, DC, USA 2008. http://www.marad.dot.gov/documents/Glossary_final. pdf, (Mrtm - Amer) {572}