what are the other ways to transport the cargo?
Rail, van, truck, or intermodal container
Cargo
Cargo now covers all types of freight, including that carried by rail, van, truck, or intermodal container.
what is ss mauna loa? A steam-powered cargo ship what is the use of this type of ship? Such ships are a merchant ships that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another.
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Cargo [SEP] Introduction
In economics, the words cargo and freight refer in particular to goods or produce being conveyed—generally for commercial gain—by water, air or land. "Cargo" was originally a shipload. Cargo now covers all types of freight, including that carried by rail, van, truck, or intermodal container. The term cargo is also used in case of goods in the cold-chain, because the perishable inventory is always in transit towards a final end-use, even when it is held in cold storage or other similar climate-controlled facility. The term freight is commonly used to describe the movements of flows of goods being transported by any mode of transportation.