Multimodal Transport
Sea, road, rail and air combined under one plan and one line of responsibility.
Few trade lanes are served well by a single mode. Multimodal transport links two or more modes into one plan so that time, cost and risk are optimised across the whole journey rather than a single leg of it.
The main advantage
One party coordinates every leg, which removes the responsibility gaps at transfer points — precisely where most delays and damage occur.
Typical combinations
Sea to the destination port then road to the buyer's warehouse; rail along the continental corridor with trucking at each end; air for the urgent portion of a consignment and sea for the balance.
