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 Fulton, A. W.
And the master of the ship in which such person shall embark shall give bond for the faithful execution of his part of the trust at the island where he shall break bulk.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
The delay and expense to which merchants are subjected, when obliged to "break bulk" repeatedly between the port whence they sail and that of their destination, is extreme.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
To this article she read in Latin an objection to the proviso, and said it was reasonable that, if they did break bulk, they should pay custom for so much only as they sold.
From A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II. by Morton, Charles
