Key:cargo

This key specifies the type of cargo transported.

Main tag required

The cargo key is a secondary key. It is essential to specify what it applies to:

• amenity=ferry_terminal - a ferry terminal
• industrial=port - a port
• office=logistics - a company offering logistics
• office=transport - a freight transport company

Values

Historic

This tag was initially proposed to indicate the type of ferry terminal, i.e. what could be transported to or from this terminal (vehicles, passengers, both...). The majority of values ​​currently used for this key are linked to this first definition.

Today

This tag has been generalized to any type of cargo and you can, depending on the type of transport defined as the main tag, specify the cargo transported. Some examples :

Tag	Count	Comment
cargo=passengers		passengers (note that we exceptionally use a plural here for the value)
cargo=vehicle		vehicles
cargo=container		containers
cargo=dry_bulk		solid general cargo
cargo=liquid_bulk		liquids such as oil and its derivatives
cargo=wood		wood
cargo=food		food

The values may also be combined using the Semi-colon value separator. Example:

• cargo=passengers;vehicle

Before using a semicolon, it is advisable to consult the values ​​of ​​taginfo to see which orders of values ​​are most used (example: the "passengers;vehicle" order is to be preferred over the "vehicle;passengers" order because it is much more used).

Use as access key

Please note that this key is mentioned on the access=* page as well and proposed to be used for description of legal access permissions of water based transport with usual values such as yes, no, designated. Therefore some conflicts might occur.