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How to pronounce transship in English?

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Type Words
Type of shift, transfer
Derivation transshipment

Examples of transship

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The expansion program will widen and deepen the Canal, while adding a third set of locks able to transship post-Panamax class vessels.
From the foxbusiness.com
Where could costs be saved by using inland waterways, and at what point would it be best to transship to a road or rail vehicle?
From the sciencedaily.com
They are alleged to have teamed with Colombian drug lords to transship millions of dollars worth of cocaine through West Africa en route to Europe.
From the voanews.com
However, Panama was enormously important to Spain strategically because it was the easiest way to transship silver mined in Peru to Europe.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another
  • Transshipment or Transhipment is the shipment of goods or container to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination.
  • (transshipment) The unloading of cargo at a port or point where it is then reloaded, sometimes into another mode of transportation, for transfer to a final destination.
  • (Transshipment) The transfer of merchandise from the country of origin to an intermediary country prior to shipment to the country of ultimate destination.
  • (Transshipment) A method of ocean transportation whereby ships off-load their oil cargo to a deepwater terminal, floating storage facility, temporary storage, or to one or more smaller tankers from which or in which the oil is then transported to a market destination.
  • (Transshipment) The practice of shipping a good into a third country and re-exporting it to another market as a product of the third country.
  • (Transshipment) The shipment of merchandise to the point of destination in another country on more than one vessel or vehicle. The liability may pass from one carrier to the next, or it may be covered by Through Bills of Lading issued by the first carrier.
  • (Transshipment) When a shipment from point "A" to "C" must be handled through "B" or other intermediate points.
  • The transport of fish, shellfish, or seafood products from vessel to port or from vessel to vessel.