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What is Multimodal Transport?

MTS Logistics

What is Multimodal Transport? Multimodal transport, also known as combined transport, is a transport system that involves the movement of goods using multiple modes of transport such as trucks, rail, air and ships. Multimodal transport supports various transport systems.

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Modes of Transportation: Transport and Logistics

GoShip Blog

Updated: 12/03/2023 Logistics and the transportation of goods are very diverse and complex industries. Shippers rely on overseas shipping, air transportation, and ground delivery to move freight. Therefore, it involves many shipping modes or different modes of transportation and ways of shipping goods.

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First data logger meets IEC standard

Logistics Business Magazine

The G-Log 2 data logger from Germany-based Aspion GmbH is the first shock recorder on the market to implement the continuous shock/vibration test of the European transport standard EN IEC 60721-3-2:2018 with its 2M4/2M5/2M6 classes during transportation. The result is either: the standard was complied with or it wasn’t.

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6 Things Supply Chain Decision Makers Look For in Supply Chain Logistics Partners

GlobalTranz

This covers aspects from helping companies launch and expand, and to enable a turnkey strategy to implementing meaningful changes that can reduce transportation spend. Those are critical factors in meeting the rising demands of delivery expectations and e-commerce buying behaviors during peak season and beyond.

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BCOs and drayage planning: How global retailers apply data

FreightWaves SONAR

This service joins different methods of long-haul shipping to help smooth overall transportation hand-offs. It can also refer to the transportation of shipping goods over short distances. Global supply chains rely on multimodal transport to ship goods from manufacturers that are far from their end customers.

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TransLogistica Caspian

Logistics Business Magazine

TransLogistica exhibition is an effective platform for uniting various areas of the transport sector such as railways, marine industry, aviation, commercial vehicles and transportation and logistics services.

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Rail Logistics Moves Ahead

Logistics Business Magazine

Rail-Flow, the leading platform provider for rail freight and intermodal transport, has attracted new investors to expand its business activities. Rail-Flow founders Dominik Fürste and Osman Akdemir want to shift freight transports from road to rail and digitalise rail freight transport.