What Does Transshipment Hub Mean?

A transshipment is when cargo or a container is moved from one vessel to another while in transit to its final destination. ... Singapore would be the transshipment hub (a port that has connections to origin and destination) in this case.

What do you mean by transshipment of goods?

Transshipment (sometimes also trans-shipment or transhipment) means the unloading of goods from one ship and its loading into another to complete a journey to a further destination, even when the cargo may have to remain ashore some time before its onward journey.

What is the world's largest transshipment hub?

The Port of Singapore is the world's busiest transshipment port. The Port of Shanghai is the largest port in the world having handled 43.3 million TEU in 2019, approximately half of which is transshipment volume. It has been the world's busiest port in the world since 2010 when it overtook the Port of Singapore.

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