transshipment

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology

trans- +‎ shipment

[edit] Noun

transshipment (countable and uncountable; plural transshipments)

1. (countable, uncountable) The transfer of goods from one means of transport to another.
2. (uncountable, countable) The shipment of goods via an intermediate destination.
   • 2009 March 3, Lydia Polgreen, “Soldiers Kill Guinea-Bissau’s President After Death of Army Chief, Diplomats Say”^[1], New York Times:

     Its main export crop is cashew nuts, but drug money has flowed to corrupt officials as smugglers pay bribes to use the country’s coastline and remote airstrips for cocaine transshipments.

[edit] Derived terms

• transshipment point