Shipping Act Article 3
For the purposes of this Act:(1) "Shipping Industry" means the industry engaged in vessel transportation, shipping agencies, freight forwarding, and container terminal operation.(2) "Vessel Carrier" means the industry engaging in transportation of passengers and cargoes by power-driven vessels of gross tonnage above 20 tons or non-power-driven vessels of gross tonnage above, wherefrom it receives remuneration.(3) "Shipping Agency" means the industry that entrusts vessel carriers or authorized clients with handling transportation of passengers and cargoes, within the scope of authorization agreed upon, under the clients’ name, wherefrom it receives remuneration.(4) "Freight Forwarder" means the organization engaging in soliciting cargoes in its own name for carriers to transport, wherefrom it receives remuneration.(5) "Container Terminal Operator" means the operator providing containers, container yards and equipment for cargo consolidation and distribution of container-loads, wherefrom it receives remuneration.(6) "Sailing Route" means the route in which vessels navigate to transport passengers and cargoes.(7) "Domestic Route" means the route in which vessels navigate to transport passengers and cargoes between coastal ports within the ROC territory.(8) "International Route" means the route in which vessels navigate to transport passengers and cargoes between domestic ports and foreign ports, or between foreign ports.(9) "Liner Service" means the route in which vessels regularly navigate to transport passengers and cargoes between ports or specific waters.(10) "International Joint Service Organization" means the organization set up permanently or with specific purposes under an agreement achieved on matters relating to the operation in the international routes, negotiations of sea freight rates, passenger ticket fees, volume of carriage and charter space and others as to operation of routes.(11) “International shipping protocol“ means the convention entered into by the international joint associations to regulate such matters as the relationship between the operators, transport operations, costs, intermodal and picking.(12) Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel: refers to foreign national private maritime security companies’ staff possessing or owning firearms, ammunition and knives who are employed by undertaking operating vessel carriers registered under the flag of R.O.C.
中文原文 航業法第3條
本法所用名詞，定義如下：
一、航業：指以船舶運送、船務代理、海運承攬運送、貨櫃集散站經營等為營業之事業。
二、船舶運送業：指以總噸位二十以上之動力船舶，或總噸位五十以上之非動力船舶從事客貨運送而受報酬為營業之事業。
三、船務代理業：指受船舶運送業或其他有權委託人之委託，在約定授權範圍內，以委託人名義代為處理船舶客貨運送及其有關業務而受報酬為營業之事業。
四、海運承攬運送業：指以自己之名義，為他人之計算，使船舶運送業運送貨物而受報酬為營業之事業。
五、貨櫃集散站經營業：指提供貨櫃、櫃裝貨物集散之場地及設備，以貨櫃、櫃裝貨物集散而受報酬為營業之事業。
六、航線：指以船舶經營客貨運送所航行之路線。
七、國內航線：指以船舶航行於本國港口間或特定水域內，經營客貨運送之路線。
八、國際航線：指以船舶航行於本國港口與外國港口間或外國港口間，經營客貨運送之路線。
九、固定航線：指利用船舶航行於港口間或特定水域內，具有固定航班，經營客貨運送之路線。
十、國際聯營組織：指船舶運送業間，就其國際航線之經營，協商運費、票價、運量、租傭艙位或其他與該航線經營有關事項之國際常設組織或非常設之聯盟。
十一、國際航運協議：指國際聯營組織為規範營運者間之相互關係、運送作業、收費、聯運及配貨等事項而訂立之約定。
十二、私人武裝保全人員：指經營中華民國籍船舶之船舶運送業所僱用外國籍私人海事保全公司提供持有或使用槍砲、彈藥、刀械之人員。
一、航業：指以船舶運送、船務代理、海運承攬運送、貨櫃集散站經營等為營業之事業。
二、船舶運送業：指以總噸位二十以上之動力船舶，或總噸位五十以上之非動力船舶從事客貨運送而受報酬為營業之事業。
三、船務代理業：指受船舶運送業或其他有權委託人之委託，在約定授權範圍內，以委託人名義代為處理船舶客貨運送及其有關業務而受報酬為營業之事業。
四、海運承攬運送業：指以自己之名義，為他人之計算，使船舶運送業運送貨物而受報酬為營業之事業。
五、貨櫃集散站經營業：指提供貨櫃、櫃裝貨物集散之場地及設備，以貨櫃、櫃裝貨物集散而受報酬為營業之事業。
六、航線：指以船舶經營客貨運送所航行之路線。
七、國內航線：指以船舶航行於本國港口間或特定水域內，經營客貨運送之路線。
八、國際航線：指以船舶航行於本國港口與外國港口間或外國港口間，經營客貨運送之路線。
九、固定航線：指利用船舶航行於港口間或特定水域內，具有固定航班，經營客貨運送之路線。
十、國際聯營組織：指船舶運送業間，就其國際航線之經營，協商運費、票價、運量、租傭艙位或其他與該航線經營有關事項之國際常設組織或非常設之聯盟。
十一、國際航運協議：指國際聯營組織為規範營運者間之相互關係、運送作業、收費、聯運及配貨等事項而訂立之約定。
十二、私人武裝保全人員：指經營中華民國籍船舶之船舶運送業所僱用外國籍私人海事保全公司提供持有或使用槍砲、彈藥、刀械之人員。