National and international cargo moving is done by ships mostly. There is a option to load cargo into air freight carriers or cargo planes but their use is limited to light weight items and machinery. Bigger cargo loads and machinery is loaded on to cargo vessels as they have bigger capacity in terms of storage and hauling power. There are two types of cargo shipping and they are by
· Moving bulk quantities of cargo in cargo containers
· Moving bulk quantities of cargo by breaking them in to groups and loading directly on to the ship deck or hold
The later is opted when the cargo is large and cannot be accommodated in to containers. In these cases the cargo that are oversized or not able to fit in to containers are directly shifted to ship deck and latched or strapped to the floor. This is mostly done in ships that transport heavy vehicles and machinery that can be directly rolled on to the yard in vessels that are designed for the purpose. this is also known as Break Bulk transfer literally meaning breaking a project in to comfortable pieces or quantities and shipping them without using a container. Such shipments include transferring items in drums, boxes, bags, crates, and barrels. Sometimes the cargo is simply rolled in and rolled out on to the barge or ship’ deck. If you have such loads or cargo to be transferred to another port or country, you will require the specialist services of Vessel chartering Break bulk and Project cargo shipping companies. This is great responsibility for shipping companies because the bulk projects are not loaded in to containers and they must take measures that will transfer the items safely to the desired destination.
Difference between bulk and break-bulk shipping
You could get confused between the terms bulk and break-bulk shipping, but both mean the same that is they are transferring items in bulks for various projects. They do not use the standard ISO shipping containers that are in use, instead load items in bulk on to the ship or cargo hold. These ships while transferring liquid cargo like crude oil, edible oil, fresh water, wine, and other liquids they are directly pumped in to special tanks designed for the purpose. While shipping dry bulk items that may include sugar, grains, salt, cement, sand and other similar items, they are loaded directly in to the ship hold. Break bulk items are broken and loaded on to pallets, crates, or skids individually and shipped across the globe in ships.
Benefits of Break bulk chartering solutions by logistics companies
There are many reasons why people prefer to break bulk loading and transfer via ships, trains or trucks:
· The most apparent reason to prefer break bulk loading is because of the oversized cargo, hence they break the bulk cargo in to small loads
· Larger cargos are broken in to small segments and are dissembled, packed and then shipped. These are then transported often in multiple ships, trains or vehicles and cargo is then offloaded at the desired destination finally.
· Another advantage with bulk cargo shipping is that majority of the ports around the world accommodate break bulk cargo because they are short of space or modernizing of their facility.
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· Manufactures that make large size machinery like transformers, turbines, turbine blades, ship propellers, generators, out of gauge manufacturing products, over sized cranes, boats etc can be directly loaded on to break bulk cargo carriers. In this way they don’t have to have technicians at the destination to reassemble broken machinery.
· The paper work involved in break bulk cargo procedure is simpler than standard cargo carrier ships. In container cargo transfer you will have to prepare several bills of lading for each item you have lode din to the container. But with break-bulk shipping you need just only one bill of lading for the whole shipment.
If you are transporting oversized or non-standard sizes cargo to other ports of the world you are recommended to opt for break bulk cargo transferring provided by cargo services available in nearby port. You will need help from logistics companies that deal with international cargo transfer as they are more experienced and licensed to provide proper break bulk cargo services to clients. In KGE Global Logistics you have the most easy to deal with cargo transferring company and you can contact them on phone number +971-56-598 8684 or send mail to info@kge.global to book your bulk break cargo orders.