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.
Bulk cargoes handled in the Port of Rotterdam in 2010 included 84.6 million tons of dry bulk goods and 209.4 million tons of liquid bulk goods. Liquid bulk cargoes included crude oil (100.3 million tons), mineral oil products (77.6 million tons), and other liquid bulk (31.5 million tons).