MULTI MODAL TRANSPORT

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Course Code: IBO – 05
Course Title: International Marketing Logistics
Assignment Code: IBO-04/TMA/2019-20
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IBO – 05 International Marketing Logistics Solved Assignment for 2019-20

Q4.) Write short notes on the following :

(a.) Multimodal Transport

Ans: Multimodal transport (also known as combined transport) is the transportation of goods under a single contract, but performed with at least two different means of transport; the carrier is liable (in a legal sense) for the entire carriage, even though it is performed by several different modes of transport (by rail, sea, and road ). 

Multimodal transport is that in which it is necessary to use more than one type of vehicle to transport the goods from his place of origin to their final destination but mediating a single contract of carriage.

Multimodal transport is effected by a multimodal transport operator who holds a multimodal transportation contract and assumes responsibility for compliance as a carrier.

Combined freight transport can be organized in different ways. In general, trucks cover short distances between the loading area and the transshipment point respectively between the place of arrival and the recipient. Long-distance haulage is conducted by other means of transport such as trains, ships or even planes.

The objective of Multimodal Transportation:

There are several kinds of resources, each one with different kinds of costs (e.g. moving truck empty is different from moving it loaded), different routes (either single-mode routes, as all road, or multi-modal routes, as combining trucks with the badge and/or rail), and with temporal and resource constraints. The planning and design shall identify major origin and destinations with the area and determine appropriate alternative alignments to unsure that linkage is provided. The main goal of coordinating bodies is to gain an advantage from a particular transport facility while reducing its disadvantages.

Multimodal Transportation System involves a modal shift from private mode to public mode and vice-versa. The modal change occurs at the point where the public mode is to be alighted. Generally, MMT station acts as an interchange node. A good Multimodal transportation system aims at achieving efficiency by coordinated use of different modes with the following objectives: (a.) to facilitate and improve passenger interface, (b.) to reinforce passenger/operators/developers focal point, (c.) to provide flexibility in the use of alternative mode choice, (d.) to solve time and cost-effective analysis and (e.) to evolve non-competing, coordinated system of various modes.