Synonyms and antonyms of Cargo and freight transportation in British Thesaurus

bill of entry (noun)

a list of goods that are being brought into or sent out of a country, shown to customs officials (=people who check whether tax should be paid on goods moving from one country to another)

bill of lading (noun)

a list of the goods that are being sent somewhere on a ship

cargo (noun)

things that are being sent by ship, plane, train, or truck

cargo (noun)

used about ships, planes etc that carry goods

carriage (noun)

British the process of moving goods from one place to another

carriage (noun)

the cost of moving goods

carrier (noun)

a company that moves goods or people from one place to another

carrying charge (noun)

British a charge for storing or delivering a customer’s goods

consignment (noun)

an amount of goods that are delivered

consignment (noun)

the act of delivering goods to someone who has bought them

delivery (noun)

goods that are brought to a place

freight (noun)

goods that are carried by vehicles

freight (noun)

used in the transport of goods

freight (verb)

to carry goods on a vehicle

goods (noun)

British carrying large quantities of goods from one place to another

handle (verb)

to deal with the people or goods that pass through an airport, port, or other centre

handler (noun)

someone whose job is to move a particular type of goods

handling (noun)

the management or movement of goods

haul (verb)

to move goods from one place to another

haulage (noun)

British the business of carrying goods by road or railway, or the cost of doing this

hauler (noun)

American a haulier

haulier (noun)

British a person or company that carries goods by road or railway

load (noun)

the goods that a vehicle carries

loading bay (noun)

an area from which goods can be loaded on and off trucks, trains etc

logistics management (noun)

management of the activity of transporting goods to customers or to places where they are bought or sold

merchant (noun)

formal relating to or used in the business of buying and selling goods or their transport

offload (verb)

to remove goods from a container or vehicle and put them somewhere else

offload (verb)

if a vehicle or ship offloads, the goods that are on it are removed

packing (noun)

the activity of putting goods into containers so that they can be sent somewhere and sold

seaborne (adjective)

carried across the sea in ships

ship (verb)

to send goods or people somewhere by ship

ship (verb)

to send goods to customers, or to be sent to customers, usually by air or land

shipload (noun)

an amount of goods, or a number of people, carried on a ship

shipment (noun)

an amount of goods carried on a ship, plane, train, or truck

shipment (noun)

the process of taking goods from one place to another

ship out ()

to move goods or people away from a place

shipowner (noun)

someone who owns ships, usually ships that carry goods

shipper (noun)

a company that arranges for goods to be taken somewhere by ship

shipping (noun)

the business of carrying goods, especially in a ship

shipping (noun)

the cost of carrying goods, especially in a ship

shipping agent (noun)

a person or company that prepares the legal documents that are necessary for goods to be carried by ship

tare (noun)

the weight of an empty truck or large container, used for calculating the weight of the goods that it carries

tonnage (noun)

the size of a ship, or the amount of goods that it can carry, measured in tons

traffic (noun)

the goods or passengers that travel in planes, ships, or trains

travel well ()

to be able to be moved long distances without being spoiled or damaged

truck (verb)

mainly American to take goods somewhere in a truck

trucking (noun)

mainly American the job or business of carrying goods or animals in trucks

truckload (noun)

the quantity of goods that a truck can carry

unload (verb)

to take goods off a vehicle such as a truck or ship