Bulk cargo
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Bulk cargo is product cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities.
A mini-bulker taking on scrap iron cargo in Brest, France.
Modern tank cars carry all types of liquid and gaseous commodities.
This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production.
A milk tank car for bulk loading.
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
Bulk cargo
…tanker truck/trailer/semi-trailer body. Smaller quantities can be boxed (or drummed) and palletised; cargo packaged in this manner is referred to as breakbulk cargo. Bulk cargo is classified as wet or dry. The Baltic Exchange is based in London and provides a range of indices benchmarking the cost of moving bulk…
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