definitions
the transport of term of interconnects different modes (air,sea,and land) into one complete process that ensures and efficient and cost-effective door-to-door movement of goods under the responsibility of single transport operator, known as a multimodal transport operator (mto), on one transport document.
the transport system usually operated by one carrier with more than one mode of transport under the control or ownership of one operator. It involves the use of more than one means of transport such as a combination of truck,railcar,airplane or ship in succession to each other e.g. a container line which operate both a ship and a rail system of double stack trains