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Definition: Transshipment Center |
Transshipment CenterNoun1. A port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported without paying import duties; "Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millenium BC". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Transshipment CenterSynonym: entrepot (n). (additional references) |
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Business | Dubai is a major transshipment center for a variety of food products. (references) | |
Economic History | Malaysia | The government is presently promoting Port Klang (Westport and Northport) as a regional load and transshipment center and the government has designated Port Klang as a Free Commercial Zone. (references) |
Taiwan | In an attempt to facilitate trade, in 1995 the Executive Yuan approved the construction of an offshore transshipment center at the port of Kaohsiung through which direct shipping with the P.R.C. would be permitted. (references) | |
Oman | Port Salalah, located in southern Oman some 1000 kilometers down the coast from Muscat, has established itself as a leading container transshipment center on the Indian Ocean Rim since its opening in November 1998. Prior to its acquisition by Danish Maersk in 1999, U.S.-based SeaLand Services served as manager for the Salalah Port Services Company and is now a principal customer of the port. (references) | |
Trade | Taiwan | Presently, Taiwan plans to incorporate the use of two international airports in the offshore transshipment center project to cut delivery time and pave the way for the launching of direct trade and transport links with mainland China. (references) |
Taiwan | Under the latest plan, products from mainland China can be first brought to the Kaohsiung offshore transshipment center and then delivered to overseas destinations by air cargo flights at international airports to be designated by the Taiwan authorities. (references) | |
Travel | Cyprus | The port of Limassol serves the country's external trade and seaborne passenger traffic, acting also as a transshipment center for the region. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-i-m-n-n-n-p-r-r-s-s-t-t-t" | |
-5 letters: entertainments, preanesthetics, reinstatements. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 6E 73 73 68 69 70 6D 65 6E 74      43 65 6E 74 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110011 01110011 01101000 01101001 01110000 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01000011 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a n s s h i p m e n t   C e n t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 006E 0073 0073 0068 0069 0070 006D 0065 006E 0074      0043 0065 006E 0074 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)548467808585747582797180862377180867184 |
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