Shipment had departed vs Shipment has departed

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Shipment had departed' is used when referring to a past event that has already happened, while 'shipment has departed' is used when talking about a recent event that has just occurred. The choice between 'had' and 'has' depends on the tense you want to convey.

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Shipment had departed

This phrase is correct when referring to a past event that has already happened.

This phrase is used to indicate that a shipment has already left or departed in the past.

Examples:

The shipment had departed before we could make any changes to the order.
By the time we arrived at the warehouse, the shipment had departed.

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But John never spoke of this conference until after the Master had departed.
And he knew not that Jehovah had departed from him.
But he didn't know that Yahweh had departed from him.
But sleep had departed from their eyes. Peter ventured to request of his Master that I have just a little private talk with you.
Sir, I did not want to tell you this until the President had departed, but the downstairs has striketh.
Drebber's house was deserted, and that he and his secretary had departed for Europe.
It was refuelled from a small boat and after a few minutes had departed again.
When their lord had departed, his servants set themselves at work to gain profits from the wealth intrusted to them.
The ship had departed from England and had also called at the port of Antwerp.
The cargo shipment had to start somewhere.
These are monks, gazing for generations at the inaccessible peaks, where George had departed, and where now Mark is coming from.
In India and elsewhere the stars were regarded as the glorified souls of great men who had departed from the life in the flesh.
12 For a twofold grief took hold of them and a groaning at the remembrance of the ones who had departed.
94 And when the caravan had departed, their father said: Most surely I perceive the greatness of Yusuf, unless you pronounce me to be weak in judgment.
All death had departed - every demon had fled!
And that was the moment, I am not religious, that I thought that his spirit had departed.
But David turned away from him twice. 12 And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and had departed from Saul.
Gonod was away on business that evening; so, after the professor had departed, the teacher and his pupil had a long and heart-to-heart talk about Plato's doctrines.
As the conviction grew on his followers that he was going to leave them, and after he had departed from this world, it was only natural for all believers to lay fast hold upon these promises to return.
THREE weeks had passed since Jefferson Hope and his comrades had departed from Salt Lake City. John Ferrier's heart was

Alternatives:

shipment had left
shipment had been sent
shipment had been dispatched
shipment had been shipped
shipment had been delivered

Shipment has departed

This phrase is correct when referring to a recent event that has just occurred.

This phrase is used to indicate that a shipment has recently left or departed.

Examples:

The shipment has departed and is on its way to the destination.
I just received a notification that the shipment has departed.

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She has departed for rome to meet glaber.
Your soul has departed for its next existence.
Her glory has departed forever, save as it survives in memory.
It happens because the Lord has departed from their lives.
The Klingon scout ship has departed docking bay 11.
The Commodore has departed the island.
Thanos has departed to prepare the next world.
Janice Gwynn has departed from her abiding husband and by his own hand in the 34th year of her life.
The doctor has departed, so I'm ready... to discuss estate matters, if you have finished... soliciting your new business.
An armada of warships has departed Cuba,
explain in what manner the company has departed from a recommendation;
Your dearly departed has departed, and I suggest we do the same.
We do not forget that our beloved Empress has departed this world for one of eternal bliss.
But as she goes, the original theme returns, her own primary odour now triumphantly restated and left hanging in the house long after she has departed.
For example 'the train has departed' is what we say when we arrive late.
The rapporteur has departed from the principle of subsidiarity out of a sheer desire to adopt centralist solutions.
By doing so, he has departed from the initial idea of a Commission study looking solely at reduced working time.
My love has departed To what land I know not
Air Brazil, Flight #13 to Atlanta has departed on schedule.
Over the years the course has departed from different ports and finished in just as many.

Alternatives:

shipment has left
shipment has been sent
shipment has been dispatched
shipment has been shipped
shipment has been delivered

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Shipment had departed vs Shipment has departed