BREAK-BULK


Meaning of BREAK-BULK in English

/brayk"bulk'/ , adj. Transp.

1. of or pertaining to packaged cargo, usually manufactured goods, that is marked for individual consignees and has to be loaded and unloaded piece by piece at each point of transfer. Cf. bulk 1 (def. 3), containerization .

2. of or pertaining to the small, conventional cargo ships designed to hold such cargo. Cf. containership .

[ 1615-25 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .