tranship
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Today, sprinkled over the globe from Copenhagen to Cura�ao, are some 40 free ports, walled off on the seaward side of customs barriers, where shippers can unload, store and tranship goods without red tape.
From Time Magazine Archive
We could then on arrival tranship to her, and send the steamer back without letting those on board know anything of our errand.
From A Crime of the Under-seas by Boothby, Guy Newell
Moreover, the galleon’s launch was a fine big lump of a boat; so we managed to tranship the whole and get it safely stowed away before sundown.
From The Log of a Privateersman by Rainey, W. (William)
"Then you can tranship your goods outside or I'll take them on, as you like."
From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold
Parallel to him were lines of men carrying out cargo to the lighters which would tranship it to the Parakeet, and Kettle looked upon these with a fine complacency.
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Wood, Stanley L.
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