Is it bulk or is it breakbulk? – a bit of shipping history

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Let’s start with just a bit of history, to give you the right perspective. For most of the history of shipping, breakbulk was the most popular type of cargo. It could be a bigger item which needed to be handled individually or smaller items packed in bags, boxes, barrels or other vessels.

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