of, or having the nature of, a residue or residuum; left over after part or most is taken away; remaining. see residue and amp; -al. Origin of residual. 1  what is left at the end of a process; something remaining. â 2  the fee paid to a performer for each rerun of filmed or taped material, as on television: often used in pl. 3  Geol. 4  monadnock. 5  Math. the difference between an actual value of some variable and a mean or other estimated value.
Definition of bulk shipping. The activity of moving goods in large quantities from one place to another, especially materials such as coal or grain.
Container ships (sometimes spelled containerships) are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They are a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo. Container ship capacity is measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). Typical loads are a mix of 20-foot and 40-foot (2-TEU) ISO-standard containers, with the latter predominant.