break bulk
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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
In ten days to three weeks, according to weather and size of the meat, break bulk and resalt, using the old salt again, with just a little new salt added.
From Home Pork Making by A. W. Fulton
I am sure it is rara avis, for if you once "break bulk," as they phrase it, you are in again for all.
From The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) by Andrew Steinmetz
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 Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway
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 David Dickinson Mann
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