Editing Cargo (section)

{{Short description|Goods or produce transported}}
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{{Redirect|Freight|the price paid in a [[Chartering (shipping)#Charter types|voyage charter]]|Freight rate}}
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[[File:DTTX 724681 20050529 IL Rochelle.jpg|thumb|An articulated [[double-stack rail transport|double-stack]] [[well car]] owned by the [[TTX Company]]. The {{convert|53|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} capacity car is a [[The Greenbrier Companies#Rail vehicles|Gunderson]] Maxi-IV.]]
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In [[transportation]], '''cargo''' refers to [[goods]] transported by [[land transport|land]], [[water transport|water]] or [[air transport|air]], while '''freight''' refers to its conveyance. In [[economics]], freight refers to goods transported at a [[freight rate]] for [[Commerce|commercial]] gain. The term cargo is also used in case of goods in the [[cold chain|cold-chain]], because the perishable [[inventory]] is always in transit towards a final end-use, even when it is held in [[refrigeration|cold storage]] or other similar climate-controlled facilities, including warehouses.

Multi-modal container units, designed as reusable carriers to facilitate unit load handling of the goods contained, are also referred to as cargo, especially by shipping lines and logistics operators. When empty containers are shipped each unit is documented as a cargo and when goods are stored within, the contents are termed containerized cargo. Similarly, aircraft [[Unit load device|ULD]] boxes are also documented as cargo, with an associated packing list of the items contained within.