He says break bulk covers a "fairly broad range of cargo types," arguing that the key defining characters are that it is unitized (e.g. bales of pulp, metal ingots) rather than bulk like grain or ore.

At one end of the break bulk market are crane-equipped general cargo ships. They tend to run a liner-like service and seek "triangulation" — i.e. to carry cargo on each leg of a long sea-going ...

He says break bulk covers a "fairly broad range of cargo types," arguing that the key defining characters are that it is unitized (e.g. bales of pulp, metal ingots) rather than bulk like grain or ore.

Ports, Carriers Step Up Efforts to Move Cargo More Efficiently A Maersk Line containership at the Port of Los Angeles. GE Transportation is expanding a project that links data on shipments.

Break bulk is a shrinking market. Pure-play break bulk operators are being squeezed as governments and seaport operators around the world boost local infrastructure while ro-ro, box ship and dry ...

Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A+' rating to $19.3 million of refunding revenue bonds, series 2013 A, issued by the San Diego Unified Port District. In addition, Fitch has affirmed the 'A+' rating ...

The Port of Corpus Christi accepted 70 break bulk vessels containing wind energy components in 2015 and anticipated similar volumes in 2016. (Final numbers are being tallied.) ...

A recent decline in break bulk tonnage at the Port of New Orleans is expected to continue as a result of fewer steel and iron imports. Break bulk is cargo shipped as separate pieces rather than in ...