cargo
noun
car·go
ˈkär-(ˌ)gō 
plural cargoes or cargos
: the goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, airplane, or vehicle : freight
Dock workers were unloading the ship's cargo.
Examples of cargo in a Sentence
The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil.
we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon
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Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Oil prices pared gains on Thursday after Brent crude briefly touched $100 a barrel, as attacks were reported on three more cargo ships in the Persian Gulf and traders reacted to the IEA's move to release government stockpiles.
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Sam Meredith,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, run by the British military, reported at least three ships struck in the region Wednesday — two ships off the United Arab Emirates and a cargo ship that was struck by a projectile in the strait just north of Oman, setting it ablaze.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Earlier, a projectile hit a Thai cargo ship off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz, setting it ablaze.
—Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
Iran has effectively stopped cargo traffic in the Strait of Hormuz through which about a fifth of all oil is shipped from the Persian Gulf toward the Indian Ocean.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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Sam Meredith,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, run by the British military, reported at least three ships struck in the region Wednesday — two ships off the United Arab Emirates and a cargo ship that was struck by a projectile in the strait just north of Oman, setting it ablaze.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Earlier, a projectile hit a Thai cargo ship off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz, setting it ablaze.
—Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
Iran has effectively stopped cargo traffic in the Strait of Hormuz through which about a fifth of all oil is shipped from the Persian Gulf toward the Indian Ocean.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cargo
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cargo. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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