transship

verb trans·ship \ tran(sh)-ˈship , tran(t)s- \

variants: or less commonly tranship

|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

Definition of transship

transshipped also transhipped; transshipping also transhipping; transships also tranships

transitive verb

: to transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another

intransitive verb

: to change from one ship or conveyance to another

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transshipment

or less commonly transhipment play \tran(sh)-ˈship-mənt, tran(t)s-\ noun

Recent Examples of transship from the Web

Methamphetamine is often smuggled from Laos, and commonly transshipped from Myanmar, where it is produced.

— Bloomberg.com, "Methamphetamine Seizures Lead Surge in Thai Drug Busts," 3 Apr. 2018
Canada first announced plans to strengthen the rules on diversion and transshipping last year but didn’t immediately bring them into force.

— kim mackrael, WSJ, "Canada Announces New Antidumping Measures," 27 Mar. 2018
The fuel is transshipped onto cheaper conventional vessels in northwest Europe at terminals with the facilities to do so, including the U.K.’s Isle of Grain.

— Bloomberg.com, "Why the U.S. Is Buying Natural Gas From Russia," 19 Jan. 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, "California ports celebrate a merry Christmas," 25 Dec. 2017

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