INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION

 Logistics is very important in our daily motions. There's so many factors that ought to be concern while implementing the movement of either the passengers, or freights. Those firms that provide transport services must have at least improvement towards their services. Or if the firms wants to put their level business to better position, they can do some innovation towards their kind of delivery of operation. Intermodal system is actually as the improvement for the transportation services itself. By implementing intermodal system in moving the finished product from the point of origin to the point of consumption, there are many advantages that will worth themselves.

Intermodal transportation referred to the movement of passengers or freight from one mode of transport to another, commonly taking place at a terminal specifically designed for such a purpose. This involves the use of at least two different modes in a trip from an origin to a destination through an intermodal transport chain, which permit the integration of several transportation networks. It becomes such a value added for carriers that provide this kind of service. This is because of, their services will ease the shipment requested by customers as it's directly arranging for the use of multiple mode of transportation in one single trip.

In other words, intermodality enhances the economic performances of a transport chain by using modes in the most productive manner. Conceptually, the key is that the entire trip is send as a whole, rather than basic transportation, each marked by an individual operation with separate sets of documentation and rates.