Editing Cargo (section)

===Marine===
[[Image:CargoShip.jpg|thumb|Container ship at the [[Port of Helsinki]] in [[Finland]]]]
[[Port|Seaport]] terminals handle a wide range of [[List of cargo types|maritime cargoes]].

[[Break bulk cargo|Break bulk / general cargo]] are goods that are handled and stowed piecemeal to some degree, as opposed to cargo in bulk or modern [[Intermodal container|shipping containers]]. Typically bundled in batches for hoisting, either with [[cargo net]]s, slings, [[crate]]s, or stacked on trays, [[pallet]]s or skids; at best (and today mostly) lifted directly into and out of a vessel's holds, but otherwise onto and off its deck, by [[Crane (machine)|cranes]] or [[derrick]]s present on the [[Dock (maritime)|dock]] or on the ship itself. If hoisted on deck instead of straight into the hold, liftable or rolling unit loads, like bags, barrels/vats, boxes, cartons and crates, then have to be man-handled and stowed competently by [[stevedore]]s. Securing break bulk and general freight inside a vessel, includes the use of [[dunnage]]. When no hoisting equipment is available, break bulk would previously be man-carried on and off the ship, over a plank, or by passing via [[Bucket brigade|human chain]]. Since the 1960s, the volume of break bulk cargo has enormously declined worldwide in favour of [[containerization|mass adoption]] of [[Intermodal container|containers]].
[[Bulk cargo]], such as [[salt]], [[oil]], [[tallow]], but also [[Scrap|scrap metal]], is usually defined as commodities that are neither on pallets nor in containers. Bulk cargoes are not handled as individual pieces, the way heavy-lift and project cargo are. [[Alumina]], [[grain]], [[gypsum]], logs, and wood chips, for instance, are bulk cargoes. Bulk cargo is classified as [[liquid]] or [[dry goods|dry]].