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Desk / Transport & Logistics

Transport & Logistics

Ship forms, cargo systems and measurements that explain how maritime transport moves goods between ports.

A scale model of a merchant vessel beside cargo labels, a hull plan and a steel measuring rule.
A scale model of a merchant vessel beside cargo labels, a hull plan and a steel measuring rule.

Use this desk when the question crosses a boundary. Transport & Logistics is a starting point, not a claim that one label explains the whole maritime system.

The editorial method keeps dated sources, uncertainty and reader usefulness in the same frame. The Logbook carries the questions that are still moving.

15 August 2026 / Transport & Logistics

types of cargo ships

A clear introduction to dry bulk, container, general cargo, tanker and specialised ships, with the limits of simple labels.

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13 August 2026 / Transport & Logistics

deadweight vs gross tonnage

What deadweight and gross tonnage measure, why they are not interchangeable and where each number belongs in a shipping decision.

Read the brief · 5 min