They wrote of Pacific people with millenarian (and sometimes anti-colonial) expectations who used magical means to get western things (hence the term cargo cult)..
…but human life is worth more than ships or cargos..
Cargo (or freight) is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport
Shipments of a particular size In the petroleum-product trade this size is usually more than 10,000 t
1 Goods transported or to be transported, all goods carried on a ship covered by a B/L 2 Any goods, wares, merchandise, and articles of every kind whatsoever carried on a ship, other than mail, ship's stores, ship's spare parts, ship's equipment, stowage material, crew's effects and passengers' accompanied baggage (IMO)
Goods, merchandise or commodities of every description which may be carried aboard a vessel or air craft, in consideration of the freight charged; does not include provisions and stores for use on board
People responsible for transporting cargo on and off of a spaceship There are different sorts of holds on every ship [not necessarily? --ed ], including those that are heated during transit, and those that are not; those that have full gravity during transit, and those that do not If the wrong goods go in the wrong hold, they can be [damaged or] destroyed
The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight
Goods transported or to be transported, all goods carried on a ship covered by a B/L Any goods, wares, merchandise, and articles of every kind whatsoever carried on a ship, other than mail, ship's stores, ship's spare parts, ship's equipment, stowage material, crew's effects and passengers' accompanied baggage (IMO) Any property carried on an aircraft, other than mail, stores and accompanied or mishandled baggage Also referred to as 'goods' (ICAO)
Cargo Freight plus Mail Revenue Freight Freight carried for which an air carrier receives remuneration Revenue Mail Mail carried for which an air carrier receives remuneration