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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

General Lord's real job will begin when the High Command gives the orders to transship the ground forces which will be finally needed to conquer and occupy Japan.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, I'd like you to take the schooner to the next port and transship the cargo.

From Wyndham's Pal by Harold Bindloss

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

"We are seeing the benefit of these cargoes being transshipped into Europe," said Mark Whitworth, chief executive of Peel Ports, which operates Liverpool port.

From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2021

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

Army got port facilities for transshipping arms to Germany.

From Time Magazine Archive

La Chesnaye saved some of the furs by transshipping them for France before the vessel reached Quebec.

From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut




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