Supercargo
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
An agent on board ship, in charge of the cargo. He is employed by ownera of merchandise sent abroad, to have charge of the cargoes exported while on the voyage, to sell them abroad to the best advantage, and to purchase proper commodities to relade the ship homewards. He goes out and returns home with the ship; thus differing from a factor, who has a residence in the country of exportation, and who only receives and deals with the goods after their arrival out.