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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

This seriously affected the commerce of the United States, not only with Germany but with neutral countries, such as Holland or Sweden, that could easily transship to Germany the supplies received.

From A School History of the Great War by Armand Jacques Gerson

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

"We're not using any diplomatic energies of consequence to try to put pressure on the producer and transshipping countries," he complains.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a nervous, big, beardless American, a volunteer who had left his business to organize and direct a great transshipping office in an alien land for an alien people.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by Francis Andrew March




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