cargo facilities
Goods storage areas
Cargo facilities are infrastructure and buildings designed for handling, storing, and processing freight.
The term appears most often in contexts of airports, seaports, and rail yards: The port expanded its cargo facilities to handle increased container traffic.
Cargo facilities include warehouses, loading docks, customs processing areas, and equipment for moving goods between transportation modes.
- free trade zoneRegion without import duties
- craneLifter or wader
- cold storageRefrigerated preservation space
- forkliftPowered pallet-hoisting vehicle
- palletizerAutomated cargo-stacking machine
container yard · distribution center · loading dock · dispatch center · barcode scanner · packing slip · stockroom · containers · weighbridge · stevedore · customs · roll-on roll-off · ferry dock · freight terminal · truck stop · berth · manifest · conveyor
cargo facilitiespassenger terminals
Facilities for traveler embarkation
passenger terminal · people movers · departure lounges · arrival halls · boarding gates