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A representative of the ship's owner on board a merchant ship, responsible for overseeing the cargo and its sale.
‘This was applied in the normal way to the foreign community, whose chiefs - supercargoes and ships' captains - could thus be held responsible for crimes committed by those under their authority.’
‘Born in the Netherlands in 1739, van Braam first went to China in 1758 as a supercargo for the Dutch East India Company.’
‘The origin of the museum was the East India Marine Society, which was founded in 1799 by shipmasters and supercargoes who had collectively amassed forty-three hundred objects made in China, Japan, India, Africa, and Oceania.’
‘Similar facilities are provided for the supercargo crew of two officers, twelve NCOs and 36 enlisted crew members.’
‘As the ship sails, supercargoes can find specific vehicles as needed.’
‘The piece consists of a conversation between a female captain and a male supercargo on a massive container vessel headed for Vancouver.’
Origin
Late 17th century: alteration of earlier supracargo, from Spanish sobrecargo, from sobre ‘over’ + cargo ‘cargo’.