Transhipment
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In maritime law
The act of taking the cargo out of one ship, and loading it in another. When this is done from necessity, it does not affect the liability of an insurer on the goods.
1 Marsh. Ins. 166; Abb. Shipp. 240.
But when the master tranships goods without necessity, he is answerable for the loss of them by capture by public enemies.
1 Gall. (U. S.) 443.