tranship
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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"Then you can tranship your goods outside or I'll take them on, as you like."
From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold
Now," he started briskly for the door, "I'll tranship to the Combine cruiser.
From Plague Ship by Norton, Andre
Although wondering why the men should be set ashore at the Cape instead of being taken back to England the master of the transport offered no objection, and preparations were made to tranship the ex-prisoners.
From Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force by Prater, Ernest
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)
There was no time to tranship men--to leave the monster to its fate--empty--an idle prey.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
The EU and 23 nations around the Mediterranean have signed an agreement, which states that those species cannot be "retained on board, transhipped, landed, transferred, stored, sold or displayed or offered for sale".
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
But many Vietnamese industries use components imported from China, and have no clear definition for what Washington considers "transhipped" goods or what percentage of its parts must be locally produced to avoid higher taxes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
For instance, transhipped goods have been specifically levied as part of Vietnam's trade deal with the US.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
The coffin was transhipped in solemn state across Berlin.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a serious drawback that passengers by large ocean steamers cannot enter the harbor of Pernambuco except by lighters or open boats; all freight brought by these steamers must also be transhipped.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
Kazakhstan has close ties with China, supplying minerals, metals and energy to its eastern neighbour and transhipping goods between China and Europe.
From Reuters ● Sep. 5, 2022
Netherlands is one of the oldest coffee countries of Europe, and for centuries has been a great transhipping agent, distributing coffee from her East Indian possessions and from America among her northern neighbors.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
The wind was fresh enough to raise a slight sea, causing the two vessels to chafe considerably as they lay closely locked together for the purpose of transhipping the coal.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael
Then this bully of an agent tells me the contract has been changed—read subparagraph 189-C or some such nonsense—and I'll be transhipping.
From Planet of the Damned by Harrison, Harry
If I am not mistaken she is the British man-o’-war schooner Gadfly, and her presence yonder affords Captain Tourville an opportunity to fulfil his promise of transhipping me.
From A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story by Mays, D.L.
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