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Breakbulk, coming of age in a digital world

Matt Guasco | November 25, 2019 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Shipping Technology

During the golden age of sail, cargo ships were worked by hand. Stevedores, “breaking the bulk” of the ships hold, unloaded freight by part and parcel. Thus, the term breakbulk was born.

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