Understand bottling a strategy for such a transporter (8)
I believe the answer is:
seaplane
'a transporter' is the definition.
(method of transport)
'understand bottling a strategy' is the wordplay.
'understand' becomes 'see' (synonyms).
'bottling' is an insertion indicator (bottling is a kind of containing).
'strategy' becomes 'plan' (a strategy is a plan or tactic).
'a'+'plan'='aplan'
'see' placed around 'aplan' is 'SEAPLANE'.
'for such' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for seaplane that I've seen before include "Marine aircraft" , "Floating aircraft" .)