The movement by ocean of packaged goods that are not containerized.
Physical discharge of unitized cargo. Administration procedure of document splitting at destination.
general cargo conventionally stowed, as opposed to containerised cargo.
To commence discharge. To strip unitized cargo.
The process of assimilating many small shipments into one large shipment at a central point so that economies of scale may be achieved; to commence discharge of cargo.
non-containerized, palletized ocean freight shipment
To unload, sort and reload some/all contents of a vehicle in transit. To reduce a large shipment of a single commodity to many small shipments, which are then dispersed to various buyers.
Loose cargo, such as cartons, stowed directly in the ship's hold as opposed to containerized or bulk cargo.
Disassembling or unpacking a consolidated shipment for delivery or for reconsignment.
For consolidated air freight, it is moved under one MAWB and each consignment designated to specific consignee or receipant is under one HAWB. When freight forwarder receives the consolidated cargo from carrier, they will break the consolidation apart per HAWB then proceed customs clearance along with associated shipping and import documents. Such Break-Bulk is normally handled by airlines or their contracted ground handling agent. Back to top of screen
Loose, non-containerised cargo imported in bulk, usually because of size or weight considerations (such as raw materials or oversized machinery). These shipments are often separated into individual lots and routed to different destinations and/or importers.
The picking of a single consolidated bulk load into smaller individual shipments to meet orders.
To separate parts of a load into individual shipments for routing to different destinations.