multi-portadj.1
/ˌmʌltɪˈpɔːt/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈpɔrt/; see also multi- comb. form. Of trade: involving more than one shipping port.
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1954 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 17 251 The scene of multi-port commerce was already in an embryonic state.
1982 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 20 1319 (title) Decentralised planning and competition in a national multi-port system.
1987 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 25 1948/1 [The book] examines the optimization of linear service, focusing on: ship size and shipping costs, multi-port calling versus trans-shipment..and a cost minimization model of linear trade.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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