transship

American  

[trans-ship] / trænsˈʃɪp /

verb (used with object)

transshipped, transshipping

1. to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.

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verb (used without object)

transshipped, transshipping

1. to change from one ship or other conveyance to another.

transship British  

/ trænsˈʃɪp /

verb

1. to transfer or be transferred from one vessel or vehicle to another

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Other Word Forms

• transshipment noun

Etymology

Origin of transship

First recorded in 1785–95; trans- + ship ¹

Example Sentences

The defendants engaged in a "deliberate and deceptive effort to transship controlled Nvidia GPUs to China by falsifying paperwork, creating fake contracts, and misleading US authorities," Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg said in a statement.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

The Persian Gulf remains a major waterway for trade, ranging from cargo ships that transship onto the rest of the world and energy shipments from the oil-rich Gulf Arab states.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2022

Send North Korean goods to China and transship them to South Korea.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2018

Here, instead of lightering, overseas ships tie up at a new pier, unload into junks of sufficiently shallow draft to make the mud banks up to Whampoa, or transship for Tientsin and Dairen.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hospitality secured for our vessels in all cases of actual distress, with liberty to unload and sell and transship their cargoes, is full and liberal.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

Related Words

• dump
• ship
• smuggle
• transport