The term break bulk basically means any cargo that cannot be packed/stuffed into a container, having said that a significant amount of cargo is broken down into smaller parts which are then packed into containers – either enclosed, open top or onto flat racks for shipment.
back hoes
beams
bogies railway line
bull dozers
buses
caravans
carriages
cars
coated wharf pylons
compressors
construction material
‘d’ bar
dock trucks
drag line components
dredge components
dump trucks and trays
engines
excavators
extension components
ferry terminal components
forklifts
front end loaders
generators
geological site trucks
guillotines
harvesters
helicopters
industrial equipment
jet engines
lathes
locomotives
machinery
machines & parts of machines
mobile cranes
newsprint
paper pulp
pipes
pre-fabricated buildings
presses
reach stackers
rolling rail stock
sheet
steel coil
steel plate
swimming pools
telegraph poles
timber
tractors
trailers
transformers
trucks
tyres
wharf
onboard inspection arrival condition & outturn surveys