transship

American

[trans-ship] / trænsˈʃɪp /

verb (used with object)

transshipped, transshipping

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

verb (used without object)

transshipped, transshipping

to change from one ship or other conveyance to another.

transship British

/ trænsˈʃɪp /

verb

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

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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

While Washington planned to police U.S. shippers to see that they did not transship to Cuba via neutral nations, it had no plans to pressure neutral governments to prohibit such transshipments.

From Time Magazine Archive

We had to transship to smaller boats to proceed to Basrah, about eighty miles inland.

From With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 by Anonymous

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