Break bulk ships are perhaps the oldest variety of cargo carrying vessels which still operate at the sea. Unlike the present-day versions of cargo vessels, these types of ship were used to, as their name suggests, for bulk cargo without putting the cargo into shipping containers.

What does break bulk mean in shipping terms?

Breakbulk ocean shipping is a common method used to successfully transport cargo or goods that cannot fit in standard-size shipping containers or cargo bins. Instead, cargo is transported in bags, boxes, crates, drums, barrels, other handling equipment, or is simply rolled, lifted, or pushed onto a ship or barge.

What is break bulk discuss with example?

Break bulk (sometimes called “breakbulk”) is cargo or goods that are too big to fit inside of a container. Examples of break bulk are wood, rolls of steel, and parts of wind turbines. These goods get put on racks or pallets and loaded by cranes.