break bulk
Example Sentences
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Until the late 1990s, fresh produce was shipped on break bulk ships—general cargo vessels with big refrigerated spaces—from the production site to a single destination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2018
Various shipments consigned to Baltic ports are landed at this city; here the cargoes break bulk and are again trans-shipped to their destination.
From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)
They would not break bulk till they got to their journey's end.
From Greenmantle by Buchan, John
No vessel to break bulk until reported and entered at the naval officer's office; and every ship to hoist her colours on public days; in case of refusal, all intercourse to cease.
From The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) by Mann, David Dickinson
Railroads do not break bulk between North and South.
From The South and the National Government by Taft, William H.
