The movement of freight using two or more modes, such as ship, rail and truck, in the same standardized loading unit, without handling the freight itself when it changes mode. Enabled chiefly by containerization, intermodal transport lets a single container move from a factory to a ship to a train to a delivery truck with the goods inside never touched between origin and destination. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ConcernMoving freight across multiple transport modes without handling the goods themselves at each transfer. 1 FAQs
What made intermodal transport possible?
Containerization: a standardized loading unit that never has to be opened when it changes mode.
Intermodal transport, the movement of freight using two or more modes such as ship, rail and truck in the same standardized loading unit, was enabled chiefly by containerization. Because the same container can move from a factory to a ship to a train to a delivery truck without the goods inside ever being touched between origin and destination, intermodal transport avoids the unloading and repacking that used to happen at every change of mode.
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Source Wikipedia: Intermodal Freight Transport
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WikipediaLead section
The method reduces cargo handling, and so improves security, reduces damage and loss, and allows freight to be transported faster.
- Exemplified By: Ideal X
In Group: Supply Chain Concepts, Lead
Intermodal freight transport is a transport system involving the transportation of goods when at least two means of transport are used.
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Wikipedia: Codeshare Agreement
WikipediaHas Part: Codeshare Agreement, Air-rail alliances section (ticket integration sentence)Quote, Has Part: Codeshare Agreement, Air-rail alliances section (ticket integration sentence)
They involve some integration of both types of transport, e.g., in finding the fastest connection and allowing the transfer between plane and train using a single ticket.
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