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transship

[trans-ship] / trænsˈʃɪp /


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The defendants engaged in a "deliberate and deceptive effort to transship controlled Nvidia GPUs to China by falsifying paperwork, creating fake contracts, and misleading US authorities," Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg said in a statement.

From Barron's Nov. 20, 2025

The Persian Gulf remains a major waterway for trade, ranging from cargo ships that transship onto the rest of the world and energy shipments from the oil-rich Gulf Arab states.

From Seattle Times Mar. 17, 2022

Send North Korean goods to China and transship them to South Korea.

From New York Times Mar. 16, 2018

An hour later the train must transship again for a two-mile ferry ride to Zealand.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hospitality secured for our vessels in all cases of actual distress, with liberty to unload and sell and transship their cargoes, is full and liberal.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson

The spokesperson added that "any unilateral actions or agreements concerning transshipped goods must not target or harm the interests of third parties."

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Spain is part of the European Union common market, so Spanish products could be transshipped through other EU countries and easily reach U.S. shores.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

Under the July agreement, goods deemed to be "transshipped" face an additional 40 percent duty.

From Barron's Oct. 27, 2025

Canada and Mexico were granted exemptions from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum first imposed by Trump, but those agreements contain provisions aimed at preventing “surges” of imports and products transshipped from other countries.

From Reuters Feb. 15, 2022

Only Tool had easy access to work, acting as muscle on valuable goods as they transshipped to the Mississippi and the rail yards.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

The process is known as transshipping, which refers to the practice of transferring cargo through another country while en route to a final destination.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The tariffs in the order apply to chips imported to the U.S. that aren’t used domestically for artificial intelligence purposes but are then exported to another country, a practice called transshipping.

From Barron's Jan. 14, 2026

The Commerce Department last month said it would investigate China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd. for trying to avoid U.S. import tariffs by transshipping aluminum through third countries.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2016

Hard-boiled Salesman Rieber tried to compromise, argued that the Spanish, busy rebuilding their country, could not be transshipping any oil to Germany.

From Time Magazine Archive

They went to the agent's office, and after transshipping their cargo set out one morning for Don Luis' finca.

From Wyndham's Pal by Harold Bindloss




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