Multi modal transport
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Multimodal transport involves using at least two different modes of transportation, such as rail, sea, and road, to transport goods under a single contract. The carrier is legally responsible for the entire journey even if multiple sub-carriers perform each leg. Freight forwarders often act as multimodal transport operators, taking on greater liability as carriers rather than just agents.
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Multi modal transport
- 2. Multimodal transport (also known as combined transport) is the transportation of goods under a single contract, but performed with at least two different means 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)
- 3. 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"). The carrier responsible for the entire carriage is referred to as a multimodal transport operator, or MTO.
- 4. In practice, freight forwarders have become important MTOs; they have moved away from their traditional role as agents for the sender, accepting a greater liability as carriers.