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 ...

As rates for container and handy-size bulk carriers have escalated, these operators have been discouraged from competing for breakbulk cargo. This is good news for breakbulk shippers and the network ...

Despite an uptick in container and cruise passenger revenue, the Port of New Orleans continues to experience a drop in breakbulk tonnage due to steel tariffs enacted on the federal level in 2018.

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 ...

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 ...

Just more than a month ago, 5,000 attendees and 300 exhibitors gathered at Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center to take part in the 25th anniversary of Breakbulk Americas 2014, which serves the ...

As an extracurricular class activity, a group of San Jacinto College students attended the recent Breakbulk Americas conference in downtown Houston as part of the College’s International Business and ...

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 ...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Held under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, Breakbulk Middle East announced its strategic agenda aimed at catalysing the sector’s progress ...