A container terminal only handles cargo stowed in standard 20 ft or 40 ft long shipping containers. A dry bulk terminal handles products like iron ore, coal, grain, etc. in a loose or bulk form. Container terminals use very specialized equipment to load, discharge and store containers and dry bulk terminals have similar specialized equipment for dry bulk so you rarely see one terminal serving both types of cargo.
A break bulk cargo consists of single units or containers of freight.
They break bulk
Break bulk cargo is used by many industries, such as manufacturing, food, oil, and steel industries. It is a very common cargo that is transported all around the world. Most industries will at one point use break bulk cargo.
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it is usually the PORT towns. a place where breaking of bulk is carried out. bulk refers to the consignment of goods of various type. usually close to the urban agglomeration.
Breaking bulk. Producers want to produce in bulk quantities. Thus, it is necessary for intermediaries to break homogeneous lots into smaller units.
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bulk Cargo requires special vessels with the right equipment to load and discharge the cargo. Port facilities also have to be considered
R. A. Cross has written: 'Maintenance management strategy for Mobil Oil's Coryton bulk terminal'
disadvantages of Tramp Trade break bulk shipments if needed.
You break the regulation of common sense and safety.