transshipment
Mid-journey cargo transfer
Transshipment is the transfer of cargo from one vessel or vehicle to another during transit, typically at an intermediate port or hub.
Goods shipped from China to Brazil might transship through Los Angeles.
The practice allows carriers to consolidate loads and reach destinations they don't serve directly: The container was delayed during transshipment in Singapore.
Docking place for ships
- terminalAt the endpoint
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- seaportCoastal city with docks
- entrepôtTransit storage for trade
Singapore · Rotterdam · Dubai · Panama · waystation · gateway · deconsolidation · interchange
Thing for storing items
- freightGoods being transported
- cargoTransported goods
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
containerization · tracking · palletizing · manifest · inventory · supply-chain · 3PL · fulfillment
Adding weight or cargo
- unloadingRemoving contents from carrier
- sortingArranging into sequence
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- deconsolidationReversal of consolidation
repackaging · relabeling · inspection · handling · gantry · stacking · unstacking · break-bulk
Obtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
- tariffTax on traded goods
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- dutyRequired moral task
bonded · re-export · bilateral · multilateral · quota · embargo · sanction · circumvention
Logistics intermediary for goods
- consolidatorOne who merges things
- carrierOne that transports
- handlerOne who manages something
- coordinatorOne who arranges activities
dispatcher · middleman · consignee · shipper
port
Docking place for ships
entrepôt · Singapore · Rotterdam · Dubai · Panama · waystation · gateway · deconsolidation · interchange
container
Thing for storing items
- freightGoods being transported
- cargoTransported goods
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
warehousing · containerization · tracking · palletizing · manifest · inventory · supply-chain · 3PL · fulfillment · last-mile
loading
Adding weight or cargo
- unloadingRemoving contents from carrier
- sortingArranging into sequence
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
deconsolidation · repackaging · relabeling · inspection · handling · gantry · stacking · unstacking · break-bulk · documentation
import
Obtain from overseas
duty · bonded · re-export · bilateral · multilateral · quota · embargo · sanction · circumvention
forwarder
Logistics intermediary for goods
- consolidatorOne who merges things
- carrierOne that transports
- handlerOne who manages something
coordinator · dispatcher · middleman · consignee · shipper
- logisticsdelivery, warehouses, warehousing, carriers, warehouse
- portsport, seaport, harbor, seaports, harbors
- seaportsseaport, docks, Shanghai, Singapore, container port
- freightcargo, air freight, freight rates, bulk freight, freight charges
- Maritime Shippingfreighter, vessel, container, tanker, cargo vessel
- shipping portscontainers, cranes, docks, piers, berths
ship, transfer, transport, shipping, ships, shipment, shipped, transportation, transported