cargo hatch
Freight loading portal
A cargo hatch is an opening in a ship's deck or an aircraft's fuselage through which cargo is loaded and unloaded.
The term also refers to the cover that seals this opening: The crew secured the cargo hatch before departure.
On ships, cargo hatches provide access to the hold below.
- holdMaintain in grasp
- deckShip's flat surface
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- loadingAdding weight or cargo
- loading bayTruck delivery platform
freight · container · crane · stevedore · hull · dockside · trapdoor · opening · watertight seal · seal · watertight · gangway · bay · compartment · stowage · winch · tarpaulin · latch
- Air Cargoair freight, freighter, air transport, airlift, payload
- ship openingsporthole, scuttle, companionway, gangway, gun port
- ship storagehold, locker, storeroom, lazarette, lazaret
opening type/function
cargo hatchporthole
Circular vessel window
viewing window · companionway · ventilation shaft · scupper · escape hatch
cargo, hatch, cargoes, hatches, hatched, hatching, hatchway, hatchways, hatchback