transshipment

(also trans-shipment)

/trænsˈʃɪpmənt/ noun [C or U] TRANSPORT

Definition

› the activity of moving goods from one ship to another: The zone occupies a strategic transshipment point for cargo between Japan and China. trans-shipment of goods/containers

(Definition of transshipment noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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