coasting trade

trade between ports along the same coast.

Origin of coasting trade

First recorded in 1735–45

The coasting-trade soon began to take on a large development.

The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) |A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
What was a coasting-trade with Spain compared with this boundless career of adventure?

History of the United Netherlands, 1600-09, Vol. IV. Complete |John Lothrop Motley
Foreign vessels, while engaging in the New Zealand coasting-trade, have to pay their crews the rate of wages current on the coast.

The Long White Cloud |William Pember Reeves
Its population in 1825, and coasting-trade with Buenos Ayres.

Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata |Woodbine Parish

Here and there, however, there is a lingering sloop or schooner, engaged in river- or coasting-trade.

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 |Various