Cargo ships travel to the east, to the west, to the north and to the south, all over the world. They transport foods such as rice, meat and oranges. They also transport fuel and raw materials like oil, coal and iron ore. Some ships transport industrial products like cars, televisions and computers. Recently, there are cargo ships that can even transport cows alive. Some cargo ships are designed to transport particular goods.

Container ships can transport different kinds of goods loaded into boxes called containers. There are containers to refrigerate and tanks to keep oil or chemicals.
Tankers can transport oil, gas and chemicals. Freezer ships are like one big refrigerator. Cement ships are specialized in transporting only cement. Car tankers transport only automobiles. And there are special ships for the transportation of large cargoes that regular ships cannot transport.