Advantages & Disadvantages of Multimodal Transport

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.