Definition: Ship to ship transshipment

Category: Transport

The unloading of cargo from one merchant ship and its loading into another to complete a journey, even where the cargo may have dwell time ashore before its onward journey.

Note: Transshipment to other modes is excluded. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BI-03-002-__-N-EN.pdf