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Transshipment or Transhipment is the shipment of goods to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination.

One possible reason is to change the means of transport during the journey (for example from ship transport
Ship transport

Ship transport refers to the use of watercraft to carry people, generally referred to as passengers, and goods, generally referred to as cargo, from one place to another....
 to road transport
Road transport

Road transport or road transportation is transport on roads of passengers or goods.A hybrid of road transport and ship transport is the historic horse-drawn boat....
), known as transloading
Transloading

For the data downloading process, see sideload.Transloading is the process that occurs when a shipment must be transferred from one mode of transportation to another....
. Another reason is to combine small shipments into a large shipment, dividing the large shipment at the other end. Transshipment usually takes place in transportation hub
Transportation hub

A transport hub or transport interchange is a location where passengers and cargo are exchanged across several mode of transport. Hubs make out the center of spoke-hub distribution paradigms, allowing passengers and cargo to be transported from one place to another without a direct service....
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Transshipment or Transhipment is the shipment of goods to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination.

One possible reason is to change the means of transport during the journey (for example from ship transport
Ship transport

Ship transport refers to the use of watercraft to carry people, generally referred to as passengers, and goods, generally referred to as cargo, from one place to another....
 to road transport
Road transport

Road transport or road transportation is transport on roads of passengers or goods.A hybrid of road transport and ship transport is the historic horse-drawn boat....
), known as transloading
Transloading

For the data downloading process, see sideload.Transloading is the process that occurs when a shipment must be transferred from one mode of transportation to another....
. Another reason is to combine small shipments into a large shipment, dividing the large shipment at the other end. Transshipment usually takes place in transportation hub
Transportation hub

A transport hub or transport interchange is a location where passengers and cargo are exchanged across several mode of transport. Hubs make out the center of spoke-hub distribution paradigms, allowing passengers and cargo to be transported from one place to another without a direct service....
s. Much international transshipment also takes place in designated customs area
Customs area

A customs area is an area designated for storage of commercial goods that have not yet cleared customs. It is surrounded by a customs border....
s, thus avoiding the need for customs checks or duties, otherwise a major hindrance for efficient transport.

Note that transshipment is generally considered as a legal term. An item handled (from the shipper's point of view) as a single movement is not generally considered transshipped, even though it may in reality change from one transport to another at several points. Previously it was often not distinguished from transloading
Transloading

For the data downloading process, see sideload.Transloading is the process that occurs when a shipment must be transferred from one mode of transportation to another....
 since each leg of such a trip was typically handled by a different shipper.

Transshipment is normally fully legitimate and an everyday part of the world's trade. However, it can also be a method used to disguise intent, as is the case with illegal logging
Illegal logging

Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase or sale of timber in violation of country laws. The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission or from a protected area; the cutting of protected species; or the extraction of timber in excess of agr...
, smuggling
Smuggling

Smuggling, also known as trafficking, is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a point where prohibited, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of the law or other rules....
 or grey market
Grey market

A grey market or gray market is the trade of a commodity through distribution channels which, while legal, are unofficial, unauthorized, or unintended by the original manufacturer....
 goods.

See also

  • Customs area
    Customs area

    A customs area is an area designated for storage of commercial goods that have not yet cleared customs. It is surrounded by a customs border....
  • Entrepôt
    Entrepôt

    An entrep?t is a trading post where merchandise can be Import and exported without paying import Duty , often at a profit. This profit is possible because of trade conditions, for example, the reluctance of ships to travel the entire length of a long trading route, and selling to the entrep?t instead....
  • Free port
    Free port

    A free port or free zone is a port or area with relaxed jurisdiction with respect to the country of location. Free economic zones may also be called free ports....
  • List of world's busiest transshipment ports
    List of world's busiest transshipment ports

    This is a list of the World's busiest transshipment ports ranked by their total containerization transshipment cargo handled....