Synonyms of cargoes

cargoes

noun

variants or cargos

plural of cargo

as in payloads

a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported

we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• payloads
• burdens
• loads
• loadings
• freights
• weights
• shipments
• hauls
• drafts
• consignments
• carloads
• ladings
• truckloads
• bales
• shiploads
• trainloads
• packages
• masses
• wagonloads
• bundles
• ballasts
• packets
• parcels
• boatloads
• surcharges
• packs
• overloads
• deadweights
• bodies
• manifests
• bulks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cargoes

Tankers are waiting up to 30 days to load crude oil cargoes from Venezuela due to challenges with aging infrastructure and power outages that impacted its ports, the analyst said. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

Iran is demanding a 5% or 7% service fee per barrel of oil that would generate close to $20 billion annually, and that’s not even counting fees on other cargoes, such as natural gas, petrochemicals, helium, fertilizer, and container cargoes. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026

In early April, for instance, Brent futures traded at around $113 per barrel while physical cargoes of the stuff sold for as much as $144. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

The war in the Middle East has made cargoes more scarce and, in turn, more expensive, raising the prospects of another energy crunch. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

This would add logistical friction to the process of first unloading and then reloading the oil cargoes. — Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

Europe’s own energy regulators calculate that refilling before winter will require LNG imports roughly 13% higher than last year, at a moment when Asian buyers — also restocking after the Gulf disruption — are competing for the same cargoes. — John Kerry, semafor.com, 23 July 2026