Glossary
Multimodal transport
Multimodal transport is the movement of goods using two or more modes of transport — such as road, rail, sea, and air — under a coordinated plan.
Combining modes lets logistics operators balance cost, speed, and emissions: long hauls might move by rail or sea while road handles first and last mile. Coordinating the handovers between modes is the operational challenge multimodal planning solves.
A routing engine that supports road, maritime, air, and rail lets planners build and price multimodal journeys in one place, with the correct network and constraints for each leg.
See Multimodal transport in a real TMS
Transportial puts these concepts to work in one operational platform — planning, tracking, documents, and finance.