cargo
noun
car·go
ˈkär-(ˌ)gō 
plural cargoes or cargos
: the goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, airplane, or vehicle : freight
Dock workers were unloading the ship's cargo.
Synonyms
Examples of cargo in a Sentence
The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil.
we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon
Recent Examples on the Web
Heavy-duty trucks, cargo ships and trains are some of the biggest contributors to regional pollution.
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
That law allows a ship’s owner to limit its liability to the value of the vessel and its cargo when the losses were result of a situation beyond its control.
—USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
Baltimore battles Dali ship owners in bridge collapse The City of Baltimore is seeking a jury trial in its effort to hold the owners of the Dali cargo ship liable for the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 23 Apr. 2024
The owner of the Dali cargo ship filed a federal lawsuit earlier this month denying responsibility for the accident and seeking to limit the total payout to $43.7 million, a fraction of the billions the cleanup and bridge rebuild is expected to cost.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2024
Those charged include an Air Canada warehouse employee and a former Air Canada manager who gave police a tour of cargo of the facility after the theft.
—Rob Gillies, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
Since the collapse of the Key Bridge, other East Coast ports have absorbed the cargo previously handled in Baltimore, but some parts of the supply chain like trucking are struggling.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Hundreds of millions of pounds of cargo land on and depart from the airport’s runways every year.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2024
Some are still working at nearby smaller ports or on the little cargo that remains in Baltimore from before the bridge collapsed.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
That law allows a ship’s owner to limit its liability to the value of the vessel and its cargo when the losses were result of a situation beyond its control.
—USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
Baltimore battles Dali ship owners in bridge collapse The City of Baltimore is seeking a jury trial in its effort to hold the owners of the Dali cargo ship liable for the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 23 Apr. 2024
The owner of the Dali cargo ship filed a federal lawsuit earlier this month denying responsibility for the accident and seeking to limit the total payout to $43.7 million, a fraction of the billions the cleanup and bridge rebuild is expected to cost.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2024
Those charged include an Air Canada warehouse employee and a former Air Canada manager who gave police a tour of cargo of the facility after the theft.
—Rob Gillies, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
Since the collapse of the Key Bridge, other East Coast ports have absorbed the cargo previously handled in Baltimore, but some parts of the supply chain like trucking are struggling.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Hundreds of millions of pounds of cargo land on and depart from the airport’s runways every year.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2024
Some are still working at nearby smaller ports or on the little cargo that remains in Baltimore from before the bridge collapsed.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cargo. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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