Multimodal transport
CARRIAGE OF GOODS UNDER A SINGLE CONTRACT
Multi-modal transport system; Multi-modal transport; Multimodal Highway; Multimodal highway; Multi-modal transport operators; Multimodal transport operator; Multimodal transportation; United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods 1980
Multimodal transport (also known as combined transport) is the transportation of goods under a single contract, but performed with at least two different modes of transport; the carrier is liable (in a legal sense) for the entire carriage, even though it is performed by several different modes of transport (by rail, sea and road, for example). The carrier does not have to possess all the means of transport, and in practice usually does not; the carriage is often performed by sub-carriers (referred to in legal language as "actual carriers").