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Intermodal Transport And The
Trucking Industry: Getting Goods
Across Land And Water
Since trucking remains the most popular form of transportation in the world
today, intermodal transport seeks to complement it. Businesses can profit from
this unique means of transportation of goods because it uses more than one
type of transfer. Therefore, goods are transferred to their destination on time
and profits equally maximized.
Intermodal transport also makes use of piggybacking which basically involves
carrying a vehicle or vessel over another bigger one. In fact, more than one
vehicle or vessel can be carried over another. A good example of this is the naval
aircraft carrier. It is a ship that is capable of carrying a fleet of military airplanes.
It also involves a ship carrying goods, a mass of trucks or even carrying another
ship to a given destination. Warehousing can be of great importance when the
p odu ts ei g t a spo ted is of high ua tit . Mea hile, if ou e shippi g
less amount of goods, it's better to make use of Less Than Truckload (LTL)
providers instead of a full truckload. Less than truckload services help to convey
less than truckload goods that spend more time in transit.