Talk:Bulk material handling

What is "break-bulk"?

break bulk is all cargo that cant be loaded into a container like wheat and grains — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.93.6.33 (talk) 15:18, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No idea - sign your comments please... --PeterMarkSmith 02:52, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes bulk cargo is loaded into containers for back haul. This is commonly done with U.S. waste paper, which is put in containers and sent to Asia. It also helps get the containers out of the U. S. where there is no use for them. It uneconomical to return them empty. I believe grain is sometimes put in them. Nevertheless, grain is bulk material because it is almost always handled Phmoreno (talk) 23:35, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]