freighter

noun

1. One who loads a ship.

   “Near-synonyms: docker, dockworker, stevedore, longshoreman; loader”

2. One who charters and loads a ship.

   “Near-synonym: charterer”

3. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
4. One for whom freight is transported.
5. A ship used mainly to carry freight.

   “cargo freighter”

   “oil freighter”

   “bulk freighter”

   “The cargo was shipped across the ocean on a large freighter.”

   “A Chinese freighter was spotted entering the harbor.”

6. (broadly)An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane.