Cargo

(noun)

(or freight) is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, intermodal train, van, or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal freight transport.

Examples of Cargo in the following topics:

  • Distribution Modes

    • Air cargo, commonly known as air freight, is collected by firms from shippers and delivered to customers.
    • Aircraft were first used for carrying mail as cargo in 1911.
    • There are many commercial aircraft suitable for carrying cargo such as the Boeing 747 and the bigger An-124, which was purposely built for easy conversion into a cargo aircraft.
    • Many firms, such as Parcelforce, FedEx, R+L Carriers, and U-Haul, transport all types of cargo by road.
    • Cargo net being used to unload sacks from a ship at Haikou New Port, Haikou City, Hainan, China.
  • Shipping and Transportation

    • Shipping is a physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo, by land, air, and sea.
    • Shipping is a physical process of transporting commodities, merchandise goods, and cargo, by land, air, and sea.
    • Trucks and trains make deliveries to sea ports and air ports where cargo is moved in bulk.
    • For example, at CIF Los Angeles, the exporter pays the ocean shipping/air freight costs to Los Angeles including the insurance of cargo.
    • Harbour cranes unloading cargo from a container ship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Navi Mumbai, India
  • The Middle Passage

    • While the treatment of slaves on the Middle Passage varied by ship and voyage, it was often horrific because captive Africans were considered less than human: they were cargo or goods, to be transported as cheaply and quickly as possible for trade.
    • When bad weather further inconvenienced the voyage, the Zong's captain decided to drown the slave cargo at sea, so the owners could collect insurance on the cargo.
    • Over a hundred slaves were drowned at sea, fueling the British abolitionist movement and becoming a major legal battle when the insurance company refused compensation for the loss of the slave cargo.
    • As demonstrated in the Zong Affair, slave cargos were at the mercy of ship captains as well as unpredictable complications with the sea voyage.
    • Some slave cargoes revolted at once and attempted to take over the ship and/or murder crew members.
  • Complete Submersion

    • If the airship weighed 108,000 kg, how much cargo could it carry?
    • To find the cargo capacity of the airship, we subtract the weight of the airship from the buoyancy force:
    • $F_\mathrm{cargo} = F_B - mg = 2.21\times 10^6 \,\mathrm{N} - 1.08\times10^5\,\mathrm{kg}\times 9.81\,\mathrm{\frac{m}{s^2}} = 1.15\times 10^6 \,\mathrm{N}$
  • The Boston Tea Party

    • By early December, the Philadelphia consignees had resigned and the tea ship returned to England with its cargo following a confrontation with the ship's captain.
    • British law required the Dartmouth to unload and pay the duties within 20 days, or customs officials could confiscate the cargo.
    • "Americans throwing Cargoes of the Tea Ships into the River, at Boston"
  • Organized Crime

    • Organized crime groups often victimize businesses through the use of extortion or theft and fraud activities like hijacking cargo trucks, robbing goods, committing bankruptcy fraud, insurance fraud, or stock fraud.
  • Flotation

    • For example, an unloaded ship has a lower density, and less of it is submerged compared with the same ship loaded with cargo .
    • For instance, a steel ship is actually mostly filled with air (think of the corridors, cargo holds, etc.), so its average density is between that of air and steel.
  • Technology and New Infectious Agents

    • Ships and other cargo carriers often harbor unintended 'passengers' that can spread diseases to faraway destinations.
  • A Brief Definition of Brand

    • Factories branded their logo or insignia on the barrels used and the logo of the companies to which the cargo was being shipped.
  • Pinckney's Treaty

    • New Orleans was reopened, and Americans could transfer goods without paying cargo fees (right of deposit) when transferring goods from one ship to another.
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