A 'common carrier ' is a person who is engaged in the business of carrying goods for hire indiscriminately to all persons. Railways and sea transport do not come under common carrier because they are covered by separate law.
A 'private carrier' is engaged in a causal occupation and carries goods occassions or under a special contract. Its do not carry goods regularly from place-to-place.
The differences between common carrier and private carrier.

The services of Transport to Business are:
(i) It increases the efficiency of production
(ii) It stimulates wants by increasing quantity and variety of consumer goods
(iii) It develops and expands the market.
(iv) It helps in price stability by distributing goods all over the country
(v) It aids to economic growth
(vi) It helps in specialisation and mass production
(vii) It encourages innovations in product production and designing
(v) It can be used to move goods to areas, which are inaccessible to other means of transport.
(vi) It is very much helpful for flood or landslide and war rises to the occasion to save human life from danger.

In backward areas, hilly tracts, forest regions in desert lands, animals like horse, mule, donkey, elephant, camel, etc., are used for carrying loads. These animals are called pack animals.
These animals are used in areas which are inaccessible to modem means of transport. They are also useful for carrying small load economically.

The economic benefits of the transport are:
(i) Transport increases the efficiency of production: The object of production is consumption. It is incomplete, if-the goods and services do not reach the consumers .
(ii) Efficient transport system creates time and place utility by taking goods to the needy people.
(iii) It develops and expands the market: The primary function of transport is to distribute goods at global level economically, speedily and easily.

"Air Rescuers" was established in the year 1999 for superior patient transfer through Air Ambulance and an elevated standard of care and management through Air Ambulance India. The Air Ambulance services are available in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai.

i. International shipping can be between countries that are connected by land. For Example, Foreign trade between India and Bangladesh.
ii. Overseas shipping means the package has to cross ocean. For Example, International trade between India and South Africa.

(i) An ocean liner is a passenger ship primarily used as a form of transportation across seas or oceans. Liners may also carry cargo or mail.
(ii)They sail to schedule, whether they have a full load or not. They follow defined routes with fixed places and times.
(iii) Regularity of service, good speed and luxurious facilities to passengers are the specialties of liners. They are Passenger liner and Cargo liners.

(i) A common carrier is a person who is engaged in the business of carrying goods for hire indiscriminately for all persons.
(ii) There are organizations transporting goods on designated routes according to a fixed regular schedule, offering to transport goods for hire for all people without discrimination.
(iii) Railways and Sea transport do not come under common carrier because they are covered by separate Acts. The liability of common carrier is governed by Carriers Act 1865.

When goods are to be consigned in large quantity, it is advantageous to hire the whole or substantial part of the ship. The document through which this contract is made in known as 'Charter Party'. This may be known as 'Voyage Charter' or 'Time Charter',

Bill of Lading is a document containing the terms and conditions of the contract of carriage. It is issued by the shipping company and signed by the captain of the ship. It acknowledges the fact of receipt of the goods described in it on board the ship.