Breakbulk cargo
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title:
Breakbulk cargo
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In shipping, break-bulk, breakbulk, or break bulk cargo, also called general cargo, is goods that are stowed on board ships in individually counted units. Traditionally, the large numbers of items are recorded on distinct bills of lading that list them by different commodities. This is in contrast to cargo stowed in modern intermodal containers as well as bulk cargo, which goes directly, unpackaged and in large quantities, into a ship's hold(s), measured by volume or weight. The term break-bulk
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Shipping goods that are loaded individually
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakbulk_cargo
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2024-04-12T11:45:02Z
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