transshipment
/trænsˈʃɪpmənt/
noun
- The act of transferring goods from one ship, train, truck, or other vehicle to another during a journey.
- Transshipment of oil often occurs at offshore terminals before it reaches refineries.
- Delays in transshipment can increase the cost of shipping goods across continents.
- The port handles the transshipment of containers from cargo ships to trains.
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