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What is another word for Transhipment?

Pronunciation: [tɹanʃˈɪpmənt] (IPA)

Transhipment refers to the transportation of goods or merchandise from one mode of transport to another. It can also be defined as the transfer of goods from one container or vessel to another during the transportation process. Synonyms for transhipment include transloading, cross-docking, intermodal transfer, and intermodal exchange. Transloading involves moving goods from one vehicle to another while cross-docking involves a logistics practice that minimizes the need for warehousing by transferring goods directly between inbound and outbound trucks. Intermodal transfer refers to the transfer of containers between different modes of transport while intermodal exchange involves the removal of goods from one container and placing them into another. These terms are commonly used in the transportation and logistics industries to describe the movement of goods across various transportation modes.
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What are the hypernyms for Transhipment?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    freight transportation.

Usage examples for Transhipment

He was followed by several men, one of whom he introduced to me as his head clerk, who would see to the unloading of the schooner and to the Transhipment of the goods to the ship in the Pool.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
Not merely by the exchange and Transhipment of merchandise; not merely by hotels, lager beer saloons, banking and exchange offices, and houses and places of refreshment and amusement, although they may be all prefixed with the word "city," can the destiny which is their inheritance and birthright be obtained.
"The History of Peru"
Henry S. Beebe
The Transhipment took place on the 7th, under the lee of Berry Head, Torbay.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose

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