tranship
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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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
Splendid news came along on the 9th to the effect that the New Zealand Government's steamer 'Tutanekai' would tranship our stores from the 'Rachel Cohen' on the 15th and sail direct for the island.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
And perhaps, from Tokyo or Shanghai it would be possible to tranship into some other line and drip down to the islands of the South Pacific.
From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
The King, persuaded by Richards, ordered one down from Cawsand, and had already used it once or twice to meet his larger craft somewhere in a good offing and tranship their cargoes.
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
If I could find a neutral steamer with a doctor on board, I would tranship him to her; but the chances of this God-send materializing are a thousand to one in these latitudes.
From The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne by King-Hall, Stephen, Sir
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