The phrase "a cargo vessel" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a type of ship designed specifically for transporting goods and materials.
Example: "The port was bustling with activity as a cargo vessel arrived, ready to unload its shipment of supplies."
Alternatives: "freight ship" or "cargo ship".
'Freight' is cargo, a 'freighter' is a cargo vessel, 'freighting', God only knows.
US snipers killed Somali pirates in 2009 while rescuing the American captain of a cargo vessel.
The mission began when two Spanish warships were ordered to intercept a cargo vessel in the Indian Ocean.
It seemed plausible, if unlikely, that Al Qaeda or rogue Pakistani generals might load a bomb onto a cargo vessel.
Vietnam has made a similar demand that the Philippines return a cargo vessel they say was hijacked in June.
A 44-year-old Ukrainian sailor was also feared dead after falling overboard from a cargo vessel in the Channel in rough seas on Christmas Day.
But the allure of spending 14 days on a cargo vessel-turned-cruise ship had nothing to do with the bare-boned interior of the Aranui 3. The lounge had only a miniscule library and much of the dining hall's ocean view was blocked by cargo.
Ensuring that an internationally anticipated arrival of a vast cargo vessel - accompanied by a fleet of Chinese, Russian and Scandinavian warships - was kept a secret had sounded to us tweeting journalists a little like mission impossible.
Moscow had prevented the ships from entering the strait by placing a large cargo vessel beneath a Russian-controlled bridge.
In a painful reminder of that crisis, 13 migrants died in Turkish waters on Sunday when a boat carrying 46 people en route to Greece collided with a dry cargo vessel and capsized, a Turkish coast guard source said.
The only Briton ever selected for the European Space Agency's astronaut corps, the former helicopter test-pilot ran experiments, performed a challenging spacewalk, fixed a broken toilet, and berthed a visiting cargo vessel with the station's robotic arm.
