Intermodal transportation: Intermodal freight transportation
is defined as a particular type of multimodal transportation where
the load is transported from an origin to a destination in one and
the same intermodal transportation unit (e.g. a TEU1 container)
without handling of the goods themselves when changing modes
(Crainic & Kim, 2007). Intermodal terminals around the globe give
companies the flexibility and the economies of scale of using multiple
modes.