A series of amendments imposed mandatory interconnection, a new obligation for commoncarriers that would prove important in future.
一系列修正案要求各条线路强制连接,共同承运人的新职责在不久的将来证明会更加重要。
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"Tariff rates" refer to the freight rates provided in the tariff book of international liner services operators and non-vessel-operating commoncarriers.
公布运价,是指国际班轮运输经营者和无船承运业务经营者运价本上载明的运价。
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American states in the late 19th century treated telegraph lines as commoncarriers, obliging them to carry dispatches from any person and from any other line at consistent rates.