Transshipment or Transhipment's the shipment of goods to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination. One possible reason's to change the means of transport during the journey (for example from ship transport to road transport), known as transloading. Another reason's to combine small shipments into a large shipment, dividing the large shipment at the other end. Transshipment usually takes place in transportation hubs. Much international transshipment also takes p… (More on Transhipping)