Usually means: Unloading individual items from ship.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  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, break bulk: Wiktionary
  5. break-bulk: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. break-bulk, break bulk: Dictionary.com
  7. break-bulk: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (break bulk)

verb:  To remove one or more items from the packaging, container, vehicle, or vessel in which shipped with other items.

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