reshipment
Noun: 1. The act of shipping goods again: Specifically, the process of sending cargo or freight a second time, often involving its transfer from one ship or carrier to another during the journey.
Reshipment is a logistical and commercial term used primarily in shipping, freight, and international trade. It describes a specific action within a supply chain.
Examples: - The damaged cargo required reshipment from the intermediate port. - Additional costs for storage and reshipment were charged to the importer. - The contract includes clauses covering potential reshipment due to routing changes.
- Legal/Contractual Context: In contracts of carriage, terms define liability and cost responsibilities when goods must be transferred to a different vessel.
- Insurance Context: Marine insurance policies may have specific provisions for losses occurring during .
- Reship (verb): To ship again or to transfer (goods) to another ship.
- The goods will be reshipped on the next available vessel.
- Transshipment (noun): A closely related concept involving the transfer of cargo from one carrier to another at an intermediate point. can be a type of transshipment.
- Resending
- Forwarding (in a specific logistical context)
- Reloading (for shipment)
The core meaning of reshipment is the act of shipping again. This typically implies the original shipment was interrupted, the destination was changed, or the goods are being sent on a subsequent leg of a journey. It is not commonly used for simple returns to a seller.
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the act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship)
