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tranˈshipment, trans-ˈshipment
[f. trans- + shipment, or f. prec. + -ment.]
The action or process of transhipping or changing from one ship or other conveyance to another.
1796Vaughan Examination 13 Landing a ship's cargo..with as few intermediate trans-shipments as possible. 1813Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1839) XI. 218, I am obliged to go through the details of all the orders for the transhipment. 1846Warburton Hochelaga I. 259 The frequent locks and trans-shipment of the cargo must ever be a great embarrassment. 1856Farmer's Mag. Nov. 424 The inconvenience of two transshipments, one at each end of the Erie Canal. 1885Ld. Blackburn in Law Rep. 10 App. Cas. 419 The cost of transhipment or reshipment, as the case may be. 1899Statesman (Calcutta) 27 Sept., There exists communication by train from Siliguri to Gyabari with one transhipment.
attrib.1892Pall Mall G. 24 Nov. 2/1, I refer especially to the transhipment trade. 1899Westm. Gaz. 20 Dec. 9/1 Heavy dock charges [etc.] have lost the port the bulk of the transhipment business. |