transshipment center
- noun
- Specialized
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centro de transbordo
- As a key transshipment center, the port simplifies the movement of cargo between continents.
Examples
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After that, our side proposed a plan for an offshore transshipment center, agricultural cooperation, assistance in mainland state-owned enterprise reforms, cooperation in resolving the financial crisis, and the establishment of a military mutual trust mechanism.
Academic text (1999) -
Mombasa serves as a vital transshipment center for international trade in East Africa.
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The new transshipment center will allow goods to be re-exported without incurring additional taxes.
Synonyms
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4.1
An area near a port where companies store goods for export without paying customs duties
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4.1
A part of a port where businesses bring, store, and send goods without paying taxes
A port or warehouse that stores goods and sends them on, often without import taxes
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound directly combines 'transshipment' (the transfer of goods during transport) with 'center' (a place), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it means a place where transshipment occurs. The specific duty-free/legal nuance in the full definition is a domain-specific extension, but the core locative/compositional meaning is transparent and predictable.
Etymology
Transshipment center comes from a simple picture: transshipment means moving a shipment from one ship or truck to another so the goods keep going and do not stay. Because the goods are only passed on and do not enter the country for long, these ports let cargo move on without paying 'import duties', so the phrase means 'a port where goods are imported and then exported without paying import duties'.