Explore Transshipment through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like transportation or transfer. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Transshipment in a sentence
Transshipment meaning
- The transfer of goods from one means of transport to another.
- The shipment of goods via an intermediate destination.
Synonyms of Transshipment
Using Transshipment
- The main meaning on this page is: The transfer of goods from one means of transport to another. | The shipment of goods via an intermediate destination.
- Useful related words include: transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance.
- In the example corpus, transshipment often appears in combinations such as: of transshipment, transshipment point, as transshipment.
Context around Transshipment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Transshipment
- In this selection, "transshipment" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, container, port, significant, terminal, capacity and hubs stand out and add context to how "transshipment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a significant transshipment point for and aktau port transshipment capacity the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "transshipment" sits close to words such as aar, aarons and abdulla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with transshipment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Oldendorff’s transshipment operations in Guyana’s Berbice River. (9 words)
This also extends to Chad, Niger Republic in our determination to promote transshipment of cargoes to Niger Republic. (18 words)
Costa Rica ranks as the second-highest in the Western Hemisphere for transshipment of cocaine, following the country of Mexico. (20 words)
In the case of transshipment containers (those arriving on a ship that are lifted and put on another ship immediately), the terminal operator earns 1.5 times the rate prescribed for a foreign going container, though it handled the same container twice. (42 words)
The statement said the MPS Terminal 3 increased Tema Port’s capacity in terms of container storage, reefer facility, handling equipment and the best of the world’s technology to aid its operations as a Transshipment Hub. (37 words)
However, their use can be reduced by lack of flexibility, if there is need of transshipment at both ends of the trip due to lack of tracks to the points of pick-up and delivery. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Galathea Bay in the Great Nicobar lsland of Andaman & Nicobar lslands has also been identified for the development of an international container transshipment terminal, due to its strategic location.
Nikolai Snopkov explained that once the transshipment of Belarusian cargoes via Baltic sea ports became impossible due to unfriendly actions of a number of countries, Russian port infrastructure came to the forefront for Belarus.
This takes into account the state of the Aktau port transshipment capacity, the receiving capacity of the port infrastructure in Azerbaijan and Georgia, and the railway line workload to Batumi.
The importance of transshipment hubs is becoming increasingly evident, as they play a crucial role in facilitating these complex supply chains.
The United States has identified Belize as a significant transshipment point for cocaine and precursor chemicals used in illicit drug production.
Transshipment through Mombasa rose by 18 percent, with notable growth from Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.
In the case of transshipment containers (those arriving on a ship that are lifted and put on another ship immediately), the terminal operator earns 1.5 times the rate prescribed for a foreign going container, though it handled the same container twice.
The statement said the MPS Terminal 3 increased Tema Port’s capacity in terms of container storage, reefer facility, handling equipment and the best of the world’s technology to aid its operations as a Transshipment Hub.
The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating two potential violations of transshipment rules and vessel identification requirements aboard the vessels inspected during the mission.
Belize is not a source country for illicit drugs and precursor chemicals, but it continues to be used for both as a transshipment point.
Costa Rica ranks as the second-highest in the Western Hemisphere for transshipment of cocaine, following the country of Mexico.
Oldendorff’s transshipment operations in Guyana’s Berbice River.
This also extends to Chad, Niger Republic in our determination to promote transshipment of cargoes to Niger Republic.
Although St. Lucia enjoys a steady flow of investment in tourism, the single most significant foreign investment is Hess Oil's large petroleum storage and transshipment terminal.
An educated workforce and improvements in roads, communications, water supply, sewerage, and port facilities have attracted foreign investment in tourism and in petroleum storage and transshipment.
As such, Djibouti’s economy is dominated by the services sector, providing services as both a transit port for the region and as an international transshipment and refueling centre.
Economy main Tourism, petroleum transshipment and oil refinement (on Curaçao), as well as offshore finance were the mainstays of this small economy, which was closely tied to the outside world.
Ghana is used as a key narcotics industry transshipment point by traffickers, usually from South America as well as some from other African nations.
However, their use can be reduced by lack of flexibility, if there is need of transshipment at both ends of the trip due to lack of tracks to the points of pick-up and delivery.
In an attempt to facilitate trade, in 1995 the Executive Yuan approved the construction of an offshore transshipment center at the port of Kaohsiung through which direct shipping with the mainland China would be permitted.
Common combinations with transshipment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of transshipment 4×
- transshipment point 4×
- as transshipment 4×
- transshipment of 3×
- and transshipment 3×
- transshipment terminal 2×
- transshipment through 2×
- transshipment and 2×