freighters
Heavy cargo vessels
Freighters are ships or aircraft designed primarily to carry cargo rather than passengers.
The term usually refers to cargo ships: Freighters loaded with grain crossed the Atlantic.
Air freighters transport goods by plane, often converted passenger aircraft or purpose-built cargo jets.
The word emphasizes the vessel's commercial hauling function.
Vessel for transporting goods
- container shipVessel carrying standardized freight boxes
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- merchantmanCommercial sailing vessel
- tramp steamerCargo vessel for hire
reefer · break bulk · car carrier · laker · coaster · oceangoing · VLCC · supertanker
Designated ocean travel paths
- hullOuter covering or frame
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- sternStrict or ship's aft
- deckShip's flat surface
hold · ballast · draft · berth · anchorage · port · harbor · dockyard
Product delivery infrastructure
- shipping routesDesignated maritime travel paths
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- manifestsShows or demonstrates plainly
- intermodalUsing multiple transport types
tracking · warehousing · distribution · port authority · terminal · transshipment · demurrage · charter
Objects for holding things
- bulk goodsProducts sold in mass
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
ore · timber · steel · petroleum · cereals · fertilizer · soybeans · wheat
cargo ship
Vessel for transporting goods
- container shipVessel carrying standardized freight boxes
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- merchantmanCommercial sailing vessel
tramp steamer · reefer · break bulk · car carrier · laker · coaster · oceangoing · VLCC · supertanker · barge
shipping lanes
Designated ocean travel paths
deck · hold · ballast · draft · berth · anchorage · port · harbor · dockyard · shipyard
supply chain
Product delivery infrastructure
- shipping routesDesignated maritime travel paths
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- manifestsShows or demonstrates plainly
intermodal · tracking · warehousing · distribution · port authority · terminal · transshipment · demurrage · charter · fleet
containers
Objects for holding things
- bulk goodsProducts sold in mass
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
coal · ore · timber · steel · petroleum · cereals · fertilizer · soybeans · wheat · cotton
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- watercraftboat, sailboat, kayak, canoe, ships
- Maritime Industryshipping lines, container ships, merchant ships, steamships, merchant marine
- maritime tradesea trade, container ships, cargo ship, shipping routes, ocean trade
- Maritime Transportcargo ships, container ships, ferries, tankers, tugboats
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
freighterspassenger ships
Vessels transporting travelers by sea
cruise liners · cruise ships · ocean liners · ferries · luxury yachts
freighterswarships
Military combat vessels
battleships · destroyers · aircraft carriers · naval vessels · cruisers
- ocean freighterShip for transporting goods