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transshipment

transshipment

2 7.0
Moving goods from one ship or truck to another during their journey
  • noun
  • /trænˈʃɪpmənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : transbordo
  • Some of what's been hidden in the trade numbers is things like transshipment, which is the rebadging of Chinese goods to give the appearance that they come from another country.
  • transshipment port
  • transshipment point
  • transshipment center

Examples

  • Many international trade routes rely on the transshipment of products at major shipping hubs.

  • Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are also used as transshipment centers for purse seine and longline fisheries.

    Academic text (1993)

  • New law preventing transshipment of military equipment.

    Darkest Hour (2017)

  • An essential element of this has been the growth of a transborder and transshipment trade.

    Academic text (2003)

  • As Secretary of War Seddon had said, the place seemed more a transshipment point than a factory town.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Suburban/Regional Markets are wholesale, assembly, and transshipment markets that sometimes rent space to farmers.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Brazil is primarily a country of cocaine distribution and transshipment rather than cocaine production and processing.

    Academic text (1996)

  • In 1988, the Seychelles collected $7 million in licensing fees and transshipment charges.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The seaport of Gioia Tauro, Reggio Calabria, Italy, is the largest transshipment terminal on the Mediterranean coast.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The port of Rotterdam is known for its efficient transshipment of goods between ships and trucks.

Synonyms

lightering
vstransshipment
  • Specialized
1 9.3

Moving cargo from a large ship to smaller ships to reduce weight for entering shallow ports

involves transfer during the journey without focusing on weight reduction
reshipment
vstransshipment
  • Specialized
4.8

Sending goods again by moving them to another ship or carrier

means transfer during the journey as part of delivery not merely repeated shipping

Compounds

transshipment center
  • Specialized
6.1

A port where goods arrive and leave without paying import taxes

How Direct

reshipment
  • Specialized
4.8
transshipment
  • Specialized
2 7.0

Surface Forms

transshipment singular
transshipments plural

Morphology

transshipment = transship (transparent) = trans + ship + ment

The noun is a straightforward nominalization of the verb 'transship' using the productive suffix '-ment'.

Etymology

Transshipment comes from the prefix trans- meaning 'across' and shipment, from ship, meaning goods carried by a ship or vehicle. So, transshipment is the act of moving goods 'across' from one ship or vehicle to another during their journey.