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General cargo

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cargo shipsnounconveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
cargo holdnoun(nautical) A hold on a ship (including the forehold and stern hold), used to store cargo during a voyage.
cargoesnounFreight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
freightagenounThe transportation of goods.
freighternoun(nautical) A ship used mainly to carry freight.
container shipnoun(nautical) A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.
freightersnoun
air freightnounAlternative form of airfreight. [The transportation of freight by air.]
transportnounAn act of transporting; conveyance.
transportingverbThe transportation of a criminal.
freight carnoun(US) A railway wagon for carrying goods.
containershipnoun(object-oriented programming) The conceptual containment of one object inside another.
supercargonoun(historical) An officer on board a merchant ship who is in charge of the cargo and its sale; if there are two such officers, the senior one, the other being the subcargo.
airfreightnounThe transportation of freight by air.
transportsnounAn act of transporting; conveyance.
freightingnoun(uncountable) The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
freightnoun(uncountable) The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
transshipmentnoun(countable, uncountable) The transfer of goods from one means of transport to another.
transportationnoun(chiefly US) The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
merchant shipnoun(nautical) A ship that is principally or (usually) entirely civilian, engaged in trade, which carries cargo, passengers, or both.

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