Cargo
Cargo is a term used to denote goods or produce being transported generally for commercial gain, usually on a
ship,
plane,
train or
truck. Nowadays
containers are used in all
intermodal long-haul cargo
transport.
There is a wide range of wide range of
marine cargoes at
seaport terminals operated. The primary types are these:
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Containers are the largest and fastest growing cargo category at most ports worldwide. Containerized cargo includes everything from
auto parts and
machinery components to
shoes,
toys, and
frozen meat and
seafood.
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Automobiles are handled at many ports.
*Project cargoes and heavy lift cargoes may include items such as manufacturing equipment, factory components, power equipment such as generators and wind mills, military equipment or almost any other oversized or overweight cargo too big or too heavy to fit into a container.
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Break bulk cargo is typically material stacked on
wooden
pallets and lifted into and out of the hold of a vessel by
cranes on the
dock or aboard the
ship itself. The volume of break bulk cargo has declined dramatically worldwide as containerization has grown.
*Bulk Cargoes, such as salt, oil, tallow and scrap metal, are usually defined as commodities that are neither on pallets nor in containers, and which are not handled as individual pieces, the way heavy-lift and project cargoes are. Alumina, grain, gypsum, logs and wood chips, for instance, are bulk cargoes.
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Bulk cargo*
Containerization*
Cargo ship*
Cargo airline*
Cargo cult*
Freight & Shipping*
Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Shipping*
uShip*
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