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The name for the area where cargo is stowed on board a ship is the hold. This is presumably because it acted as a holding area while the cargo was sold.
Their are jobs that are currently available in California for cargo ship jobs. Just go to Ship Employment Agencies. I would also try finding which area you would be in to see exactly which jobs are available in your area.
Cargo is any commodity that earns freight and charter hire to ship. Transporting cargo is ship's business. Can any ship carry any cargo? NO. Ship must be suitable and fit enough to carry any particular cargo. This ability of ship is the cargoworthiness. 4 segments in carriage by ship: load the cargo, stow the cargo, preserve the cargo condition and no damage/harm to ship till handing over to receiving port, unload the cargo. Ship's ability to meet the rigors of each of these segments must be demonstrated before cargo is given to a ship. Thus the cargoworthiness of the ship will be established.
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That is the correct spelling of "hold" (to grasp, a controlling influence, or the cargo area of a ship).
The number of stops a cargo ship will make depends on how much cargo the ship has and how many places it has to deliver cargo.
a cargo hold
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The name given to the cargo area that was reserved for slaves was called the Tween Decks, and it was located between the deck and the hold of the Slaver
Container ship.
a cargo hold