Multimodal freight transport

Multimodal transport, also known as "mixed" transport, is a convenient way to deliver products or raw materials, especially if they have to be transported from one continent to another.
The multimodal transport service is complex and includes - management, control, delivery schedule, operational information for loading, moving, unloading and is realized by one operator. Multimodal transport provides a choice of transport alternatives for different modes of transport, routes and carriers. The organization of such transport begins with route planning and careful scheduling to avoid the shortest downtime. Several types of transport are used for the transport of goods - road, air, sea and rail, and transhipment is performed at special transshipment terminals. Schemes for combining transport can be different: airplane-car, rail-transport - car, sea transport-car, car and car.
The advantages of multimodal transport
Multimodal transport is considered to be more environmentally friendly transport, especially if the combination includes rail transport, faster transport if it is combined with air transport and cheaper transport with sea transport. More and more companies are turning to this type of transport solutions, and one of the reasons is that multimodal transport allows the use of cost-effective distribution of transport costs - the customer does not have to invest time and effort to organize even financial payments with various contractors and intermediaries. . The entire responsibility for the organization and implementation, including payments, lies with the logistics company, all issues are resolved by it.

Disadvantages
The main disadvantage of this type of transport is the congestion of goods, which could lead to damage or loss, on the one hand, and on the other to tariff problems (tariffing of goods for different modes of transport is based on different principles - volume , by weight, etc. and with different conversion factors). The presence of a large number of intermediaries, each of which depends on the speed and quality of delivery, is also not to be underestimated - it is necessary to strengthen control over all transport operations, as well as the repeated acceptance and delivery of goods. But the risk of these negative consequences is minimized if you hire people with experience in this process, because the operator responsible for organizing such a service fully controls all its stages, from loading the goods in one country and ending with their unloading in another. .

Types of vehicles
Plane and car. This type of multimodal transport is among the most common and is often organized "door-to-door", among the main advantages of this method are speed and safety.

Train and car. For the most part, this type of transport does not depend on weather conditions, weather or season. It is most profitable to use it for transporting agricultural products, grain, timber and other bulk raw materials and materials over long distances.

Ship and car or ship and train. High throughput, load capacity and low cost. Such transport is ideal for all goods: textile industry, metallurgy, machine building and others.

Car and Car. It is used, as a rule, for the supply of goods within a particular region or country.

Transport documents
Transport documents for multimodal transport are of two main types: unimodal used by the multimodal operator, as a standard bill of lading - road, rail or air and bill of lading or specially designed bills of lading and bills of lading. Multimodal transport implies mandatory registration of an agreement for mixed transport of goods.
What is required of a forwarding and logistics company and what we can offer you:
What is performed by transport operators in the implementation of multimodal transport requires complex knowledge - knowledge of: all modes of transport, applicable trade and transport documents, customs regimes, transport contracts, cargo insurance, warehousing operations and more.
What we can offer you:
- optimal delivery route that will minimize your time and financial costs by combining different modes of transport according to your needs;
- providing information about your cargo at each stage of its transportation, including storage;
- all operations for insuring your goods and clearing all customs documents;
- quality of services and competitive prices.