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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Day two of Breakbulk Middle East 2023 witnessed its sessions cover a wide range of topics. While the Women in Breakbulk Networking Breakfast discussed equal opportunities for females in the industry, ...

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 ...

Across the Americas, the energy project market is booming. To tap into project opportunities, there’s no better place than Breakbulk Americas in Houston – it’s where project decisions are made 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 ...