Why is it when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?
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A shipment is generally referred to as a collection of goods which at some point will be, are currently, or have already been moved from one geographical location to another.
For example:
(Future progressive tense): The shipment will be sent out on Friday.
(Simple present tense): The shipment is in transit to its final destination.
(Simple past tense): The shipment arrived yesterday.
Cargo has a possessive implication as in the cargo of a ship or a truck's cargo. A shipment is non-possessive and can generally span multiple shipment methods.
In many cases, these terms may be used interchangeably. Shipments is most likely an older term which originally referred to products retrieved from a large cargo ship.
For example:
(Future progressive tense): The shipment will be sent out on Friday.
(Simple present tense): The shipment is in transit to its final destination.
(Simple past tense): The shipment arrived yesterday.
Cargo has a possessive implication as in the cargo of a ship or a truck's cargo. A shipment is non-possessive and can generally span multiple shipment methods.
In many cases, these terms may be used interchangeably. Shipments is most likely an older term which originally referred to products retrieved from a large cargo ship.
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