Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
transhipment .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of transshipping, or transferring, as goods, from one ship or conveyance to another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable, uncountable The
transfer ofgoods from one means of transport to another. - noun uncountable, countable The
shipment of goods via anintermediate destination .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also likely to end up on the cutting-room floor is language targeting goods in "transshipment" - that is, passing through the US on their way to a final foreign destination-that infringe American IP laws.
unalog 2008
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In some cases, it said, they shipped the products via third countries and then "falsely designating it as the country of origin to evade the duties," a practice termed transshipment, the coalition charged in a statement.
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The Port of Singapore is a so-called transshipment port.
unknown title 2009
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Sources saying to me that, in fact, this has been a pattern of activity, this kind of transshipment of weapons through Syria to Hezbollah over the last several years, with no action or retaliation taken against it.
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Excised, as well, was language that would have barred the "transshipment" through the United States of IP infringing goods.
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It stores and processes the oil and gas prior to transshipment to our onshore facility.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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Venezuela has become a huge transshipment hub for Colombian cocaine.
U.S. Losing Big Drug Catch José de Córdoba 2011
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Known as "Pineapple Face" for his acme scars, Mr. Noriega was sentenced to 30 years in 1992 for turning Panama into a transshipment and money laundering center for Colombian drug traffickers.
21 Years Later, Noriega to Be Returned to Panama Noemie Bisserbe 2011
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He hopes to double Air Canada's transshipment traffic this year but declined to provide figures.
Air Canada Tries New Approach Caroline Van Hasselt 2011
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Part of that effort involves promoting Air Canada in the transshipment business: moving passengers from one country, through a so-called gateway nation, to a third country.
Air Canada Tries New Approach Caroline Van Hasselt 2011
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