General cargo consists of those products or commodities such as timber, structural steel, rolled newsprint, concrete forms, agricultural equipment that are not conducive to packaging or unitization. Break-bulk cargo (e.g. packaged products such as lubricants and cereal) are often regarded as a subdivision of general cargo.
Geographic information system (GPS)
A special-purpose system composed of hardware and software in which a common spatial coordinate system is the primary means of reference. GIS contain subsystems-formation and analysis; and data reporting and product generation.