Cargo Master

A member of the "Pursers Department" on medium and large vessels

• It is a vocation.
• The role is part of a Ship's Crew

Description (Specifications)

A member of the "Pursers Department" on medium and large vessels, the Cargo Master is responsible for the stowage and maintenance of Freight and Cargo aboard the ship. This will include the maintenance of appropriate environments (especially temperature) for all cargo and both the feeding of, and cleaning up after, livestock cargoes in transit.

Also known as:

• Freightmaster
• Loadmaster

History & Background (Dossier)

The role of Cargo Master was first created on Sailing Vessels and then Aircraft - where the correct stowage of cargo was a matter of life or death. Sudden movement of cargo in a hold could cause a ship to founder or an aircraft to crash.

With Gravcraft, the issue became less existential, but not unimportant. Opening a cargo hatch and being buried under loose cargo still happens. Having a 10 dTon container moving in a hull when the ship is manoeuvring under even 1G of acceleration can damage both the cargo and the ship.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Gareth Hanrahan. Core Rulebook (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 113.
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science