Concepts

Intermodal Transport

Citation Formats

General Reference

Transport Atlas. "Intermodal Transport." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/intermodal-transport.

APA Style

Transport Atlas. (n.d.). Intermodal Transport. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/intermodal-transport

BibTeX

@misc{transportatlas-intermodal-transport,
  author = {Transport Atlas},
  title = {Intermodal Transport},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/intermodal-transport},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

Core Concern

Moving freight across multiple transport modes without handling the goods themselves at each transfer. 1

Cross-Tradition Connections