Types of Multi - modal Transport【悟空海运】
Currently, different types of multi - modal transport operations involving different combinations are taking place. They are as follows:
(1) Sea/air. It combines in itself the economy of sea transport and the speed of air transport.
(2) Air/road. In air/road, road transport is now being increasingly used for trucking air freight over long distances, sometimes across national boundaries, to connect with the main bases of airlines operating long haul services such as transpacific, transatlantic and intercontinental.
(3) Rail/road/inland waterways - sea - rail/road/inland waterways. Rail/road/inland waterways 一 sea - rail/road/inland waterways mode is in common use when goods have to be moved by sea from one country to another and one or more inland modes of transport such as railway, road or inland waterways have to be used for moving goods from an inland center to the seaport in the country of origin or from the seaport to an inland center in the country of destination.
(4) Mini - bridge. Mini 一 bridge involves the movement of containers, under a through bill of lading issued by an ocean carrier, by a vessel from a port in one country to a port in another country and then by rail to a second port city in the second country, terminating at the rail carrier's terminal in the second port city.
(5) Land bridge. Land bridge system concerns itself with shipment of containers overland as a part of a sealand or a sea - land - sea route. In this case, the railways are paid a flat rate by the o- cean carrier who issues the through bill of lading. This system is in operation for the movement of containers on certain important international routes.
(6) Piggyback. Piggyback is a system of unitized multi - modal land transportation of transport by road and rail. It combines in itself the speed and reliability of rail on long truck hauls with door - to 一 door flexibility of road transport for collection and delivery.
(7) Sea train. Sea train is another innovation in the multi 一 modal transport system involving the use of rail and ocean transport. It is similar to the roll 一 on, roll — off system except that in the place of the ro - ro vehicle a rail car is used so that geographically separated rail systems can be connected by using an ocean carrier.
Types of Multi - modal Transport【悟空海运】
