Often the term shipper is used to describe a specific category of customer. A shipper is any market participant which holds a contract to transport gas on a pipeline or local distribution company. Shippers often include end-users, marketers, producers, and other local distribution companies.
Parties that use the pipeline or distribution company to transport their gas. If an end-user purchases its gas from the distribution company at the customer's meter, it is not the shipper of the gas on the LDC system. If an end-user purchases its gas from a Sable Island producer at Goldboro, it would be the shipper on the Maritimes pipeline, as well as on the LDC. If an end-user bought its gas at the city-gate station from a marketer who purchased the gas from a Sable Island producer at Goldboro, the marketer would be the shipper on the pipeline and the customer would be the shipper on the LDC system. [ expéditeurs