The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to freight transport:

Freight transport – physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo, also known as "shipping". The term "shipping" originally referred to transport by sea, but is extended in American English to refer to transport by land or air (International English: "carriage") as well.

What type of thing is freight transport?

Freight transport can be described as all of the following:

Modes of freight transport

• Rail freight transport
• Cargo ship
• Cargo airline
• Multimodal transport
• Intermodal freight transport

History of freight transport

History of freight transport

General freight transport concepts

Freight transport organizations

Freight transport publications

Persons influential in freight transport