Multimodal transportation - one of the best types of cargo transportation. These services are provided at different stages of different modes of transport: depending on the economic feasibility. STS Logistics guarantees high quality of the service and the minimum time in which the goods are delivered to the destination. Multimodal transport of goods: delivery of benefits
The main advantage that this type of transportation is their cost and time efficiency. Logistics centers, using inside information to calculate the optimal variant of delivery of cargo from one consolidated warehouse to another, while enjoying mixed delivery methods, settaport ie used at various stages of transportation, in the optimal case.
Distinctive features of the multimodal transportation: Delivery of goods by several modes of transport (at least two); responsible for the delivery of only one person; Payment and transportation under one contract.
The most commonly used international customers multimodal transport, as shipping cargo from China or the United States to Russia by a single mode of transport may be either very expensive or impossible. Types of multimodal transport
STS Logistics to reduce the cost of transportation process settaport uses various combinations of delivery: air + railroad; railway settaport + road; Sea + rail transportation; Other combinations of modes of transport.
Thus, multi-modal settaport transportation of goods assume use at various stages of transportation of various modes of transport: air transport; maritime transport; rail transport; road transport. Methods of transportation of multimodal transport
In a situation settaport when the load is light in weight and size, optimal settaport delivery will be mixed loads: in this case, the customer is charged only place that takes its cargo during transportation.
In any case STS Logistics guarantees: timely delivery of cargo in principle from the sender to the recipient; safety of the cargo; traceability at all stages of cargo transportation. Multimodal transportation
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