Breakbulk cargo
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Break-bulk, breakbulk, or break bulk cargo, also called general cargo, are goods that are stowed on board ships in individually counted units. Traditionally, the large numbers of items are recorded on
Wind turbine towers being unloaded at a port
Stevedores on a New York dock loading barrels of corn syrup onto a barge on the Hudson River. Photo by Lewis Hine, c. 1912.
The interior of a London warehouse during World War I, prior to the adoption of pallets and forklifts
Mixed cargo being loaded into ships at Port Adelaide, c. 1927
Dockworker
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A dockworker is a waterfront manual laborer who loads and unloads ships.
Breakbulk cargo
…ship itself. If hoisted on deck rather than straight into the hold, liftable or rollable goods then have to be man-handled and stowed competently by stevedores. Securing break-bulk and general freight inside a vessel includes the use of dunnage. When no hoisting equipment is available, break bulk has traditionally…
At anchor, two barges with cranes (floating derricks) at port
A container is lifted from the deck.
Dockworkers on the containers in the ship's hatch