verb
- past tense and past participle of transship: to transfer cargo or passengers from one ship or vehicle to another during transport
Usage: shipping; logistics
Examples
- The cargo was transshipped at the port in Singapore.
- Goods are often transshipped through major hub ports to reach their final destination.
- The containers were transshipped from the ocean vessel to a smaller coastal ship.
- Due to the storm, passengers had to be transshipped to another vessel.
- The company transshipped the electronics through three different ports.
- Oil tankers frequently have their cargo transshipped at offshore terminals.