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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of transship

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


Example Sentences

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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

An hour later the train must transship again for a two-mile ferry ride to Zealand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pietro's injunction caught me before I could transship, but with another chance, I might have gotten the stuff to Mars in time....

From Let'Em Breathe Space by Lester Del Rey

The spokesperson added that "any unilateral actions or agreements concerning transshipped goods must not target or harm the interests of third parties."

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Spain is part of the European Union common market, so Spanish products could be transshipped through other EU countries and easily reach U.S. shores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

Under the July agreement, goods deemed to be "transshipped" face an additional 40 percent duty.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025

"We are seeing the benefit of these cargoes being transshipped into Europe," said Mark Whitworth, chief executive of Peel Ports, which operates Liverpool port.

From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2021

Only Tool had easy access to work, acting as muscle on valuable goods as they transshipped to the Mississippi and the rail yards.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

The process is known as transshipping, which refers to the practice of transferring cargo through another country while en route to a final destination.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The tariffs in the order apply to chips imported to the U.S. that aren’t used domestically for artificial intelligence purposes but are then exported to another country, a practice called transshipping.

From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026

The Commerce Department last month said it would investigate China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd. for trying to avoid U.S. import tariffs by transshipping aluminum through third countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2016

Hard-boiled Salesman Rieber tried to compromise, argued that the Spanish, busy rebuilding their country, could not be transshipping any oil to Germany.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then this bully of an agent tells me the contract has been changed, read sub paragraph 189-C or some such nonsense, and I'll be transshipping.

From Sense of Obligation by Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)

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