Advantages of Multimodal Transport
- Reduce Complication of Liability of Intermodal Transport
- Dealing with one operator for contract of carriage
- Fix the limitation of liability of operator
- One single contract of carriage for entire routes
- Door-to-Door Deliverable
- National Wealth as Hub of Transit
- Reduction in the costs and time for coordination and operation of logistics.
- Increased monitoring of shipments from stage to stage.
- There is only one company in charge of meeting the shipment deadline; therefore, there is better control on management and less risk of merchandise theft or loss while responsibility lies on just one entity.
- Scheduling routes, costs, staff, and logistics becomes easier.
- The FBL document has preference to enter and go through customs.
Disadvantage of Multimodal Transport
- Despite the many facilities and advantages represented by the use of multimodal transport, it has some disadvantages, as:
- High requirements to ensure security due to constant inspections by the authorities at stations or other roads.
- Certain restrictions of a legal and operational nature due to differences in international standards.
- A certain ignorance of new technologies may occur in the transportation region.
- It requires huge capital investment to invest in the different modes of transport under one corporation.
- Multi modal transportation system presents a lack of uninformed systems of determining liability as the system comprises of different modes guided by different international laws.