cargo carrier

Hauls heavy loads

A cargo carrier is a vehicle, vessel, or device designed to transport goods.

The term applies across scales—from roof-mounted boxes on cars We strapped the luggage into the cargo carrier to ships and aircraft that haul freight commercially.

In logistics, cargo carriers are the companies operating such vehicles: The cargo carrier delayed our shipment by two days.

Related

container · trailer · vessel · load · transport · delivery · supply chain · loading dock · semi · tanker · freight train · barge · hold · crate · shipping · dock · payload · rig

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payload type

cargo carrierpassenger vehicle

Motor conveyance for travelers

passenger ship · passenger train · people mover · bus · airliner

function/role

cargo carrierconsignee

Designated shipment recipient

recipient · unloader · warehouse · distribution center

movement function

cargo carrierwarehouse

Bulk goods storage building

storage facility · depot · stockroom · silo · granary

Family

cargo, carrier, carry, cargoes, carried, carries, carrying, carriage, carriers

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G