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.
This map of shipping routes illustrates the relative density of commercial shipping in the world's oceans. Freight transport is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea, but is extended in American English to refer to transport by land or air as well. Logistics, a term borrowed from the military environment, is also fashionably used in the same sense.