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

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

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 Steinmetz, Andrew

Railroads do not break bulk between North and South.

From The South and the National Government by Taft, William H.

Then," said Harry, "the lugger doesna break bulk here, nor at Embleton outher—that's flat.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by Wilson, John Mackay