Key:cargo
 cargo
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Type of cargo transported  
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| Group: transport |
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| Documented values: 2 |
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Status: approved
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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 |
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| 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.