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pellets needs to be better defined so as to make it relevant to
Bulk cargo.--Peter Horn 21:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
pellets gives a better description! --Peter Horn 22:06, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
What is "break-bulk"?
McTrixie 14:48, 17 October 2006 (UTC)reply
Break bulk are cargo of different types which we can not put in container as helicopeter, big machines,,
59.95.3.82 10:06, 21 August 2007 (UTC)reply
BULK: Unpackaged; loose, in large numbers, amounts, or volume.
BULK CARGO: Unpackaged, loose cargo loaded directly into a vessel's hold (such as grain). Cargo consisting of an unpacked commodity such as grain, oil, and ore.
BULK FREIGHT: Cargo not in packages or containers.
BREAK BULK CARGO: Loose cargo, such as cartons, stowed directly in a vessel's hold as opposed to containerized or bulk cargo. Cargo transported not in a container. It may be in loose packages or in loose form, such as machinery. Loose, non-containerized cargo. To unload and distribute a portion or all of the contents of a rail car, container, or trailer.
BREAK BULK:
1.) Description of a ship that transports cargo carried in its hold that is usually packed in cases, bales, cartons, drums, carboys, etc. rather than in containers.
2. Unload packaged cargo from a 'break bulk ship' or from a container and distribute it.
BREAK BULK CARGO: Cargo that is shipped in packing units such as cartons, cases, crates, bales, or drums, but not containerized.
In TRUCKING: The separation of a single consolidated bulk load into smaller individual shipments for delivery to the ultimate consignees. To break bulk is to separate a composite load into individual shipments and route to different destinations.
BREAK BULK TERMINAL: A terminal, used by large common carriers, designed to act as an intermediate sorting point for interregional freight. Freight from various end-of-line terminals is sent to a regional break bulk terminal to be combined into full trailers that the carrier then routes to a subsequent end-of-line terminals. Example: freight destined for Texas from a Binghamton, NY terminal might go to Pittsburgh, PA to be combined with other freight destined for Texas from other Eastern cities.
CONTAINERIZED CARGO: Cargo shipped in large containers (up to 45 feet long) that can be lifted by crane onto and off trucks, trains and ships.
Are materials shipped as compressed gases considered bulk materials? For example helium? Natural gas pipelines? --
ChetvornoTALK 17:28, 17 July 2012 (UTC)reply