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Just FYI, there is a very fine line of difference between "Cargo" and "Shipment". Stuff imported or exported thru any means of transport viz. Air, Road or Sea is called Shipment. It is usually NOT known as cargo anymore. These days, Cargo is usually referred to, although not limited to, Airline Baggage or stuff transported thru the Airlines, whether or not for commercial purpose.

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Marine Cargo Types

There is a wide range of marine cargoes at seaport terminals operated. The primary types are these:

Containers are the largest and fastest growing cargo category at most ports worldwide. Containerized cargo includes everything from auto parts and machinery components to shoes, toys, and frozen meat and seafood.

Automobiles are handled at many ports.

Project cargoes and heavy lift cargoes may include items such as manufacturing equipment, factory components, power equipment such as generators and wind mills, military equipment or almost any other oversized or overweight cargo too big or too heavy to fit into a container.

Break bulk cargo is typically material stacked on wooden pallets and lifted into and out of the hold of a vessel by cranes on the dock or aboard the ship itself. The volume of break bulk cargo has declined dramatically worldwide as containerization has grown.

Bulk Cargoes, such as salt, oil, tallow and scrap metal, are usually defined as commodities that are neither on pallets nor in containers, and which are not handled as individual pieces, the way heavy-lift and project cargoes are. Alumina, grain, gypsum, logs and wood chips, for instance, are bulk cargoes.

Shipping

Shipping can more generally refer to the transport of freight ("shipments"), independent of the mode of transport.

Shipping is basic process of transporting goods and cargo. Virtually every product ever made, bought, or sold has been affected by shipping. Despite the many variables in shipped products and locations, there are only three basic types of shipments: land, air, and sea. Ground shipping is easily the most popular form of shipping. Even in Air and Sea shipments, ground transportation is still required to take the product from its origin to the airport or seaport and then to its destination. Ground transportation is typically more affordable than air or sea shipments, so whenever possible shippers attempt to keep their freight in trucks. Many trucks will take freight directly from the shipper to its destination in what is known as a door to door shipment. Vans and trucks of all sizes make deliveries to sea ports and air ports where freight is moved in bulk also. Many nations have built specialized naval ships to ensure the free movement of legitimate cargo; these "merchant navies" are essential to the world economy, carrying the bulk of international trade. The ships are also extremely expensive constructions themselves, being some of the largest man-made vehicles ever. The term originates with the shipping trade of wind power ships, and has come to refer to the delivery of cargo and parcels of any size above the common mail of letters and postcards.

Most cargo transport is by ground shipping rather than by air transport because ground shipping can be cheaper and less restrictive to size, quantity, weight, and type of freight. Air transport is usually reserved for products which must be sent within a certain time frame.

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Both terms are actually the same. Let me explain you the meaning of each term.

Cargo is a term used to denote goods or produce being transported generally for commercial gain, usually on a ship, plane, train or truck. Nowadays containers are used in all intermodal long-haul cargo transport.

There is a wide range of marine cargoes at seaport terminals operated.

The primary types are these:

-Containers are the largest and fastest growing cargo category at most ports worldwide.

-Containerized cargo includes everything from auto parts and machinery components to shoes, toys, and frozen meat and seafood.

-Automobiles are handled at many ports. Project cargoes and heavy lift cargoes may include items such as manufacturing equipment, factory components, power equipment such as generators and wind mills, military equipment or almost any other oversized or overweight cargo too big or too heavy to fit into a container.

-Break bulk cargo is typically material stacked on wooden pallets and lifted into and out of the hold of a vessel by cranes on the dock or aboard the ship itself. The volume of break bulk cargo has declined dramatically worldwide as containerization has grown.

-Bulk Cargoes, such as salt, oil, tallow and scrap metal, are usually defined as commodities that are neither on pallets nor in containers, and which are not handled as individual pieces, the way heavy-lift and project cargoes are. Alumina, grain, gypsum, logs and wood chips, for instance, are bulk cargoes.

Shipmentsis basic process of transporting goods and cargo. Virtually every product ever made, bought, or sold has been affected by shipping. Despite the many variables in shipped products and locations, there are only three basic types of shipments: land, air, and sea.

Most cargo transport is by ground shipping rather than by air transport because ground shipping can be cheaper and less restrictive to size, quantity, weight, and type of freight. Air transport is usually reserved for products which must be sent within a certain time frame.

Shipping can more generally refer to the transport of freight ("shipments"), independent of the mode of transport.

Hope this clears your doubts.

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Cargo is a term used to denote goods or produce being transported generally for commercial gain, usually on a ship, plane, train or truck. Nowadays containers are used in all intermodal long-haul cargo transport.

Whereas a Shipment is 1.an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo. 2.a quantity of freight or cargo shipped at one time. 3.something that is shipped.

Shipping is basic process of transporting goods and cargo. Virtually every product ever made, bought, or sold has been affected by shipping. Despite the many variables in shipped products and locations, there are only three basic types of shipments: land, air, and sea.

Both the terms are sometimes used as Synonyms. Hope this helps..

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