cabotage

noun3

1. •
   The transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country.

   • Cabotage traffic may be carried by a foreign carrier on special permission of the civil aeronautics authorities […]. — 1943
2. •
   The right to engage in such transport.

   • Cabotage, used as a legal term, here refers to the right to transport goods or passengers between ports of a country. — 2002
3. •
   The exclusive right of a country to control such transport.