Intermodal transport is the movement of goods in one and the same loading unit or vehicle that successively uses two or more modes of transport without handling the goods themselves in changing modes (UN/ECE, 2001), and where most of the route is travelled by rail, inland waterway or ocean going vessel (Macharis and Bontekoning, 2004).
Intermodal transport solutions, implying non-road freight transport on the long-haul, can contribute to the advance of more energy efficient transportation systems. This paper presents a model for analyzing the generalized transport cost of an intermodal transport solution.