Inforitter

Basically you can carry almost every kind of freight with an airship. Super heavy loads, e.g. whole Oil drilling platforms, are surely still a long time the domain of sea-based ships.

1. Supply of Islands in the Ocean (Packet Ship), oil rigs, settlers in forestal areas. But also heavy haulage in cities can be an option. -> Boeing SkyHook
2. Ideal may be also an optimization for carrying  Standard-ISO-Containers.

An interesting concept is already patented: To a huge Keel plate can be coupled different kinds of modules. On patent-de.com (de)