page_title: Break bulk cargo
hierarchical_section_title: Break bulk cargo
caption_attribution_description: Stevedores on a New York dock loading barrels of corn syrup onto a barge on the Hudson River
context_page_description: In shipping, break bulk cargo or general cargo are goods that must be loaded individually, and not in intermodal containers nor in bulk as with oil or grain. Ships that carry this sort of cargo are called general cargo ships.
context_section_description: In shipping, break bulk cargo or general cargo are goods that must be loaded individually, and not in intermodal containers nor in bulk as with oil or grain. Ships that carry this sort of cargo are called general cargo ships.
caption: Stevedores on a New York dock loading barrels of corn syrup onto a barge on the Hudson River. Photograph by Lewis Hine, circa 1912
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