trans·ship
tran(sh)-ˈship 
tran(t)s-
variants
or less commonly tranship
transshipped also transhipped; transshipping also transhipping; transships also tranships
: to transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another
: to change from one ship or conveyance to another
variants
or less commonly transhipment
"+mənt
: the act or process of transshipping
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Dec. 2025
Another is called transshipping.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Goods that are considered to have been transshipped, or shipped through an intermediate country to disguise where they were originally made to avoid applicable duties, will be hit with an additional 40% rate.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Washington’s campaign in recent years included slapping punitive duties, in addition to the broad tariffs, on Chinese-origin goods from steel to furniture that the U.S. Commerce Department deemed to have been transshipped.
—Chuin-Wei Yap, WSJ, 26 June 2019
Methamphetamine is often smuggled from Laos, and commonly transshipped from Myanmar, where it is produced.
—Bloomberg.com, 3 Apr. 2018
The ports handle more than 40 percent of the waterborne freight entering the nation, and unloading container ships and transshipping their contents employ as many as 1.6 million Southern Californians.
—Dan Walters, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Dec. 2017
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That report said Maersk is teaming with short-haul operator Safeen Feeders to transship cargo out of Salalah.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Dec. 2025
Another is called transshipping.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Goods that are considered to have been transshipped, or shipped through an intermediate country to disguise where they were originally made to avoid applicable duties, will be hit with an additional 40% rate.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Washington’s campaign in recent years included slapping punitive duties, in addition to the broad tariffs, on Chinese-origin goods from steel to furniture that the U.S. Commerce Department deemed to have been transshipped.
—Chuin-Wei Yap, WSJ, 26 June 2019
Methamphetamine is often smuggled from Laos, and commonly transshipped from Myanmar, where it is produced.
—Bloomberg.com, 3 Apr. 2018
The ports handle more than 40 percent of the waterborne freight entering the nation, and unloading container ships and transshipping their contents employ as many as 1.6 million Southern Californians.
—Dan Walters, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Dec. 2017
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“Transship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transship. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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