Internal traffic (Water)

{
  "id": "MLC-T-TRA-000200",
  "term": "Internal traffic (Water)",
  "field": "Transportation",
  "definition": "Vessel movements (origin and destination) that take place solely on inland waterways located within the boundaries of the contiguous 48 states or within the state of Alaska. The term internal traffic also applies to carriage on both inland waterways and the water of the Great Lakes; carriage between offshore areas and inland waterways; and carriage occurring within the Delaware Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound, and the San Francisco Bay, which are considered internal bodies of water rather than arms of the ocean.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "National Transportation Statistics, Appendix B: Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/transportation/internal-traffic-water/"
}