In starship classification, freighters or cargo ships were starship types designed to carry cargo, in much the same way transports carried passengers.
The Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual and the Star Trek Encyclopedia used the less common description "cargo carrier" for this class of starships.
The most noticeable feature of freighters were their large cargo bays. Furthermore, they were usually equipped with light armament to defend against pirates and oncoming asteroids.
Due to its proximity to the Cardassian Union and the Bajoran wormhole, many freighters docked at Deep Space 9. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Freighters by race
- Akritirian cargo vessel
- Andorian freighters:
- Axanar cargo ship
- Bardeezan merchant ship
- Barolian freighter
- Bolian freighter
- Boslic freighter
- Cardassian freighter
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- Cardassian military freighter
- Cardassian supply ship
- Coalition of Madena freighters
- Corvallen freighter
- Antares-class
- Coverian freighter
- Earth cargo ships
- Federation freighters
- Antares-class Freighter
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- Cargo drone
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- Ferengi cargo ship
- Ferengi freighter
- Galador freighter
- Golorian trading vessel
- Galipotan freighter
- Jelinian freighter
- Juhryan freighter
- Kartelan freighter
- Klingon freighter
- Kobheerian freighter
- Kressari freighter
- Lissepian cargo ship
- Malon export vessel
- Malon export vessel, eleventh gradient
- Malosian cargo shuttle
- Maquis freighter
- Mislenite freighter
- Nekrit freighter
- Orion freighter
- Ornaran freighter
- Pakled trade ship
- Retellian freighter
- Rigellian freighters:
- Subytt freighter
- Suliban salvage ship
- Trabalian freighter
- Talarian freighter
- Talavian freighter
- Talaxian freighter
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- Tarkalean freighter
- Tellarite freighters:
- Terellian freighter
- Tholian freighter
- Trabalian freighter
- Tygarian freighter
- Valerian freighter
- Vulcan freighter
- Xepolite freighter
- Yridian freighter
Freighters by name
- Named
- Antares
- Arcos
- Batris
- Baxial
- Bok'Nor
- Calondon
- Constellation, ECS
- Corsair
- Dierdre, SS
- Ekina
- Erstwhile
- Fortunate, ECS
- Horizon, ECS
- Lalo, USS
- Merchantman
- Nanut
- Norkova
- North Star, ECS
- Odin
- Rak-Miunis
- Salvoxia
- Sanction
- Tezra
- Ticonderoga
- Woden
- Yorkshire
- Xhosa
- Unnamed
Freighter services
- Bajoran Ministry of Commerce
- Earth Cargo Service
- Merchant Marines
- Rigelian Trade Commission
- Tellarite Mining Consortium
The Vulcan National Merchant Fleet, as a means of transporting merchandise, likely operates freighters.
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