tranship
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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I will remain hove-to until you have secured your prisoners below—I have not time to tranship them now; and when you have done that you will be pleased to bear up and join the convoy.
From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Hodgson, Edward S.
Now," he started briskly for the door, "I'll tranship to the Combine cruiser.
From Plague Ship by Norton, Andre
I'll land you and your friend in Mudros Bay if I can, and if I have other orders I'll tranship you.'
From On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles by Bridges, T. C. (Thomas Charles)
"Then you can tranship your goods outside or I'll take them on, as you like."
From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold
But an inspector of police is not necessarily a weather prophet, and now the close-drawn curtains forbade any view, so it was decided that I tranship to the single daily train.
From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William
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
“Get out in an hour if we can get our freight transhipped, unless Mrs. Collingwood is in a mind to stay and see the city by gaslight.”
From The Locusts' Years by Fee, Mary Helen
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
After transhipping to the Donaldson liner Saturnia, which was nearly hit by bombs from an aeroplane, they were sent to Alexandria by the Minnetonka.
From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by Morrison, F. L.
The sun had set, and the velvet dusk of the tropics was closing down upon the scene, when at length the Bangalore’s boats were hoisted out, and the work of transhipping the booty began.
From The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast by Overend, William Heysham
It was almost flat, and if the transhipping between the interstellar vessels had been done by air, there would be no need to build a hard surface for the field.
From Dead Giveaway by Garrett, Randall
As roads became consolidated into larger systems, the inconvenience of transhipping at break of gauge became more intolerable.
From The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways by Skelton, Oscar Douglas
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