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What does break-bulk mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of cargo, heterogeneous in size, shape, and handling requirements; neither bulk nor containerized.
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Non-regular maritime transport services of bulk and break-bulk today cover a wide range of highly diversified services of significant economic importance of which most have a clear European dimension.
This may also be true in relation to cargo on board a break-bulk carrier.
The sawn timber is moved from the processing point in the forest to the break-bulk yard by the roadside, where shaping is done manually.
In 1960, the West Coast longshoremen agreed to far-reaching automation that replaced inefficient break-bulk cargo, which relied on hooks to move the cargo, with containerized cargo, which relies on cranes.
Due to reduced service characteristics and switching costs, bulk and break-bulk shipping services are not acceptable substitutes to containerised transportation services.
The park has facilities to house SMEs, EPZ and non-EPZ light manufacturing, assembling, break-bulk, warehousing, and normal trade operations.

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