transship
IPA: trænʃɪp
verb
- (transitive) To transfer something from one vessel or conveyance to another for onward shipment.
- (intransitive, of goods) To be transferred from one vessel or conveyance to another for onward shipment.
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Examples of "transship" in Sentences
- It would be cheaper to ship those goods directly to Canada than to transship them overland by diesel truck.
- Some are businessmen, paying off Taliban soldiers and risking roving bandits to transship profitable goods.
- Saddam had plenty of time to destroy stockpiles, or hide and/or transship them particularly lightweight, small volume biological agents.
- And it was clear to me after my conversations with people on high that indeed we had agreed that the Israelis could transship to Iran some American-origin military equipment.
- The complaint unsealed last week implicated 14 people -- and drew a seamy portrait of Chinese brokers happy to create false paperwork and transship weapons through third countries.
- "It was clear to me after my conversations with people on high that indeed we had agreed that the Israelis could transship to Iran some American-origin military equipment," Veliotes said.
- Mexican seaports often are used to transship cargo, meaning that containers from a third country are unloaded there, then placed on another ship bound for the United States or transferred to rail cars and trucks to cross the 2,000-mile-long land border ... 9,000 trucks a day enter US.
- Mexican seaports often are used to transship cargo, meaning that containers from a third country are unloaded there, then placed on another ship bound for the United States or transferred to rail cars and trucks to cross the 2,000-mile-long land border ... 9,000 trucks a day enter US. '
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