breakbulk

The expensive and inefficient part of the process was always loading and unloading, long carried out according to what was known as the breakbulk method.

Shipping News Rybczynski, Witold 2006

We have seaports that have built solid businesses in bulk, breakbulk and containerized cargo and we have a strong, supportive business community.

Trade with India through the Port of Halifax 2007

As a result, a typical transatlantic breakbulk cargo ship spent as much time in port as it did at sea.

Shipping News Rybczynski, Witold 2006

One of the great advantages of container shipping, compared to traditional breakbulk, is its high degree of mechanization.

Shipping News Rybczynski, Witold 2006

Not only does it reduce theft on the docks and damage to goods, hence lowering insurance rates for the shippers, it eliminates the time-consuming storage and sorting of breakbulk cargo.

Shipping News Rybczynski, Witold 2006

That breakbulk loading and unloading were physically exhausting and dangerous helped produced exceptionally militant unions.

Shipping News Rybczynski, Witold 2006

During the rapid buildup of American forces in South Vietnam in 1965, the ports of Saigon and Da Nang were overwhelmed by large deliveries of supplies arriving in traditional breakbulk ships.

Shipping News Rybczynski, Witold 2006

The new tariff, to begin April 1, will increase fees by $1 per cruise passenger, 10 cents per ton on breakbulk cargo, 2 cents per ton on bulk cargo and $2 per loaded container.

Archive 2005-02-01 2005

The new tariff, to begin April 1, will increase fees by $1 per cruise passenger, 10 cents per ton on breakbulk cargo, 2 cents per ton on bulk cargo and $2 per loaded container.

Your Right Hand Thief 2005

· If food is received breakbulk, minimize handling losses through discharge of the food from the ship's hold directly onto trucks or other vehicles at dockside for onward transport.

1. Costs of Surveys 1998