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  2. Breakbulk cargo - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, the large numbers of items are recorded on distinct bills of lading that list them by different commodities. [3] This is in contrast to cargo stowed in modern intermodal containers as well as bulk cargo , which goes directly, unpackaged and in large quantities, into a ship's hold(s) , measured by volume or weight (for instance ...

  3. Bulk cargo - Wikipedia

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    Bulk cargo refers to material in either liquid or granular, particulate (as a mass of relatively small solids) form, such as petroleum/crude oil, grain, coal, or gravel. ...

  4. Package cushioning - Wikipedia

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    Loose fill Some cushion products are flowable and are packed loosely around the items in the box. The box is closed to tighten the pack. This includes expanded polystyrene foam pieces (foam peanuts), similar pieces made of starch-based foams, and common popcorn. The amount of loose fill material required and the transmitted shock levels vary ...

  5. Intermediate bulk container - Wikipedia

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    Intermediate bulk containers are standardized shipping containers often UN/DOT certified for the transport handling of hazardous and non-hazardous, packing group II and packing group III commodities. Many IBC totes are manufactured according to federal and NSF / ANSI regulations and mandates and are often IMDG approved as well for domestic and ...

  6. Hopper car - Wikipedia

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    They are used to transport loose solid bulk commodities such as coal, ore, grain, and track ballast. [2] [3] [4] Plastic pellets and some finely ground material, similar to flour, are transported in hopper cars that have pneumatic unloading. The bottom gates on the pneumatic hoppers connect to a hose attached to industrial facilities' storage ...

  7. Supply and demand - Wikipedia

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    Supply chain as connected supply and demand curves. In microeconomics, supply and demand is an economic model of price determination in a market.It postulates that, holding all else equal, the unit price for a particular good or other traded item in a perfectly competitive market, will vary until it settles at the market-clearing price, where the quantity demanded equals the quantity supplied ...

  8. Packaging - Wikipedia

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    UK Risperdal Tablets 2000 in a blister pack, which was itself packaged in a folding carton made of paperboard. Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages.

  9. Shelf life - Wikipedia

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    This pack of diced pork says 'Display until' 7 May and 'Use by' 8 May. Shelf life is the length of time that a commodity may be stored without becoming unfit for use, consumption, or sale. [ 1 ] In other words, it might refer to whether a commodity should no longer be on a pantry shelf (unfit for use), or no longer on a supermarket shelf (unfit ...