I-break bulk ibhekiselele ekuthuthweni kwempahla engafanelekanga kwi-container esemgangathweni ngenxa yobukhulu okanye ukumila kwayo. Endaweni yoko zipakishwe ngokwahlukeneyo kwiiyunithi ezahlukeneyo kwiindlela ezahlukeneyo ezinje ngeepalethi, iingxowa, iikhreyithi, iibhokisi, amagubu, okanye imigqomo ukuze kube lula ukuphatha kunye nokuphakamisa ngeekhreyini, ii-conveyors, iiforklifts, okanye ukusetyenzwa ngesandla.
Igama elithi break bulk lisuka kwigama elithi “breaking bulk”, elithetha ukuqalisa ukothula inxalenye okanye wonke umthwalo wenqanawa. Umthwalo omninzi wokophula unokuxhomekeka kakhulu kubasebenzi kwaye ufune izixhobo ezikhethekileyo zokulayisha kunye nokothula izinto. Eminye imizekelo yomthwalo omninzi kukwenza izinto, iimveliso zamaplanga, iimoto ezinkulu, umthwalo weprojekthi onje ngee turbines zomoya kunye nezixhobo zokuvelisa umzi-mveliso, oomatshini bokwakha, iijenereyitha zombane, kunye neenjini zemizi-mveliso.
