contracting carrier
contract carrier

It also dropped its private fleet of trucks, deciding to negotiate instead with contract carriers.

American commercial and contract carriers continued to fly out of Tan Son Nhut, but with decreasing frequency.

A contract carrier enters into a contract whose terms are negotiated between a specific carrier and specific customer.

The tramp ship is a contract carrier.

Representatives in these offices assess local and global market conditions and deal directly with customers and contract carriers.

In the 1850s the Post Office moved to using contract carriers.

The airline crew tried over thirty times to call the contract carrier, Delta Connection, (which services the Rochester airport) to let the passengers off.

We're a contract carrier who will provide for any number of people, including the United States military.

These regulated carriers, known as contract carriers, must demonstrate that they are "fit, willing and able" to provide service, according to standards enforced by the regulator.

However, contract carriers are specifically not required to demonstrate that they will operate for the "public convenience and necessity."