The definition of "breakbulk" forever changed on April 26, 1956, when Malcom McLean's SS Ideal-X, the first commercial container ship, was loaded in Newark, New Jersey, and set sail for Houston.

Breakbulk cargo – also referred to as non-containerized or project cargo – is too large to fit in standard containers. They are neither dry aggregates nor liquid. Construction machinery (like large ...

Enduring the second year of a plunging market, shippers say business is picking up along with delayed construction projects that use material shipped as breakbulk cargo. Breakbulk — which covers cargo ...

In the tightly choreographed ecosystem of global trade, containerised cargo reigns supreme. However, behind the neatly stacked Lego blocks of standardisation lies the niche yet vital sector of ...

Wind components, vessels and modules, ACT rounds up several significant breakbulk cargo projects. Cross country or overseas, breakbulk cargo can be offloaded at nearly any port in the world. But this ...

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has introduced a new breakbulk cargo stowage solution, the Breakbulk Optimizer, which enables operators to rapidly and optimally plan the stowage of many different cargoes ...

Amazon Supply Chain Services launch signals major shift for freight transportation and logistics The recent announcement by Seattle-based global e-commerce giant Amazon regarding the official opening ...

Abu Dhabi, UAE The current low oil price environment has provided robust opportunities in the Middle Eastern project logistics and breakbulk sector a critical part of the supply chain supporting the ...

Logistec Corp., a Montréal-based marine and logistics provider, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of IPA Terminal, a breakbulk and steel handling facility at the Port of Altamira, marking ...

The Port of Prince Rupert today announced it has signed a feasibility assessment agreement with SSA Marine and its wholly-owned subsidiary Western Stevedoring to explore the viability of a breakbulk ...