Usually means: Unloading and handling individual cargo items.
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  1. break-bulk: Merriam-Webster
  2. break-bulk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. break-bulk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. break-bulk: Wiktionary
  5. break-bulk: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. break-bulk: Dictionary.com
  7. break-bulk: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (break-bulk)

adjective:  Of cargo: heterogeneous in size, shape, and handling requirements; neither bulk nor containerized.
noun:  A ship that carries cargo in miscellaneous small containers.

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