Multimodal transportation is one of thevariants of delivery of cargo by means of the mixed cargo which can be carried out both inside the country, and behind its limits. In other words, the products are delivered alternately in several types of transport: aviation, automobile, river, railway. In this case, their combination may be different.
Multimodal transport involvesmandatory execution of an agreement on the mixed transportation of goods. The operator responsible for organizing such a service completely controls all its stages, starting from loading the goods in one country and ending with its unloading into another.
Multimodal transportation without failmust meet safety requirements, which is also provided by the operator. He carefully monitors the safety of the goods, because in case of damage or loss he will be obliged to pay all the damages. Among other things, the operator should be able to prepare the process of quality delivery of absolutely any cargo, including dangerous.
Security measures for multimodal transportare undertaken well in advance. You should also prepare in advance the packaging, route and the vehicle itself. These activities are conducted in accordance with the established rules.
Соглашение о смешанной транспортировке товара is a document that imposes on the operator the obligation to organize and practically implement the process of transporting cargo by several types of transport. Multimodal transportation implies that the operator company that receives the cargo is obliged to transfer to the customer a transport document, which can be both negotiable and non-negotiable.
An integral part of effectivethe functioning of the above type of cargo transportation is a well-developed information infrastructure, which makes it possible to fulfill obligations under a mixed contract. In other words, multimodal transportation includes the following components: management, control, planning of the delivery process, operational information about the loading, movement of the vehicle en route, unloading of goods.
Nowadays in the world practice more and more oftenVarious modern information exchange systems are used. Their introduction into multimodal international transportation is especially important. However, the scope of electronic communications directly affects the degree of competitiveness between transport companies.
Multimodal container transportationfocused primarily on the combination of potential reserves of aviation, river, rail, road transport. With them, goods are delivered worldwide as soon as possible. It should be emphasized that multimodal transportation is a rather demanded service in the international direction between different continents, since, for example, delivering cargo from Australia to South America only by sea means of transport is not possible.
