tranship
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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She had been delayed by fog, so we anchored for an hour or so to tranship the mails and Burmese passengers.
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch
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 T. C. (Thomas Charles) Bridges
Now," he started briskly for the door, "I'll tranship to the Combine cruiser.
From Plague Ship by Andre Norton
We left England at the beginning of November 1894, and at Aden, where we were obliged to tranship, we picked up our camp furniture, which we had deposited there on our return from Wadi Hadhramout.
From Southern Arabia by Theodore Bent
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 Sir Douglas Mawson
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
The wounded were transhipped, and a prize crew was told off to each of the captures, a considerable portion of the Moors being also transferred to the frigate and sent down into the hold.
From By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson by W. (William) Rainey
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
This promised a long, wearisome voyage across the Atlantic, and doubly justified me in transhipping the treasure to the schooner.
From The Log of a Privateersman by W. (William) Rainey
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 Randall Garrett
We would have the devil’s own time transhipping, if there were.”
From The Locusts' Years by Mary Helen Fee
One was taken to each dhow, and the work of transhipping the cattle began at once.
From On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War by William Heysham Overend
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