Transship
(verb)
To transfer cargo or passengers from one ship to another.
Origin:
The word "transship" is derived from the words "trans" which means across and "ship" which means a large boat or vessel, so it means to transfer cargo or passengers from one ship to another.
Examples:
- The cargo was transshipped from the large freighter to the smaller barge.
- The passengers were transshipped from the cruise ship to the ferry.
- The goods were transshipped from the container ship to the train.
- The transshipment process was delayed by bad weather.
- The transshipment of the animals from the zoo was done with great care.