Domestic logistics companies: Why promote multimodal transport? You will understand after reading this article!

International multimodal transport generally uses containers as transportation units, organically combining various transportation modes to form a continuous and comprehensive freight mode. Domestic logistics companies can provide customers with one-stop transportation services, thereby improving the speed and efficiency of transportation, breaking the single transportation mode, and organically combining multi-modal transportation such as sea, rail, land and air, thus reducing costs. Resource optimization is achieved.

There are many advantages of multimodal transport. Are you interested? You can take a look with the editor:

01: Unification and convenience

Unification and convenience mainly refer to the fact that under international multimodal transport, no matter how far away the goods are, no matter how many modes of transportation are used to transport the goods, and no matter how many transformations are performed on the goods during transportation, all All transportation matters are handled by multimodal transport operators. The shipper only needs to ship once, sign the transportation contract once, pay once, and insure once.

If the goods are lost or damaged during transportation, the multiplex operator shall be responsible for the entire transportation. At the same time, the carrier of each transportation area shall be responsible for the damage to this transportation area. This approach does not affect the intermodal operator's right of recourse against the actual carrier in each transportation section.

02: Reduce intermediate links and shorten cargo transportation time,

Reduce cargo damage and difference and improve freight quality.

Multimodal transport refers to a direct mode of transport using containers as transport units. The product is packed in the factory or warehouse by the shipper and then sent directly to the customer's factory or warehouse. When changing goods during transportation, there is no need to change boxes and pack them, so intermediate processes can be omitted. Although the goods have been replaced many times, because a professional organization is used and the items in the box are not involved, the damage, cargo difference, and theft are greatly reduced. Therefore, the quality of the goods has been improved to a certain extent.

In addition, because in each transportation link, different means of transportation cooperate closely with each other and connect closely, the place where the goods pass through can be transferred quickly and in a timely manner, which greatly reduces the time for the goods to stay there, thus ensuring that the goods can arrive at the destination safely, quickly, accurately and in a timely manner.

03: Low transportation costs, saving transportation costs.

Multimodal transport is the 1 "door-to-door" mode of transport, for the shipowner, as long as the goods to a carrier, you can obtain the documents of the goods, and as a basis for settlement. Early settlement of foreign exchange can not only speed up the flow of commodity funds, but also reduce interest costs. Moreover, because of the use of containers to transport, to a certain extent, it can also save the packaging and insurance costs of the goods. In addition, because multimodal transport can use a single transport document, the implementation of a unified tariff, so that the preparation of documents, settlement procedures become simple, saving manpower and material resources.

04: Improve the level of transportation organization and realize the rationalization of transportation

Multimodal transport can improve the level of transport organization, rationalize transport and improve the convergence between different modes of transport. Prior to the development of international multimodal transport, the operators of various modes of transport were fragmented and self-contained. Therefore, it is engaged in commercial activities and transport of goods are subject to certain restrictions. However, when different transport operators are involved in multimodal transport together, the areas of business they can engage in will be greatly expanded, and they will be able to make better use of the equipment they have, choose better transport routes, and organize more rational transport.

Conclusion

Of course, this mode of transportation also has some disadvantages, such as the operation mode is more messy, but the overall advantages outweigh the disadvantages. For the company, it can reduce costs and improve efficiency.

The Belt and Road policy has promoted the rapid development of my country's sea-land combined transportation. At the same time, my country has also implemented railway transportation capacity enhancement actions, water transportation system upgrade actions, road freight governance actions, multimodal transportation speed-up actions, urban green distribution actions, and information. The six major actions of resource integration have adjusted the transportation structure in a mode of treating both the symptoms and the root causes and coordinating advancement. China's logistics enterprises believe that with the development of economy, multi-mode transportation will become more and more important.