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2. Freight transport - Wikipedia

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   Global freight volumes according to mode of transport in trillions of tonne-kilometres in 2010. In 2015, 108 trillion tonne-kilometers were transported worldwide (anticipated to grow by 3.4% per year until 2050 (128 Trillion in 2020)): 70% by sea, 18% by road, 9% by rail, 2% by inland waterways and less than 0.25% by air.

3. Intermodal freight transport - Wikipedia

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   Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship, aircraft, and truck ), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes. The method reduces cargo handling, and so improves security, reduces damage and loss, and ...

4. Multimodal transport - Wikipedia

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   Multimodal transport (also known as combined transport) is the transportation of goods under a single contract, but performed with at least two different modes 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).

5. Transportation in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Freight transportation is carried by a variety of networks. The largest percentage of US freight is carried by trucks (60%), followed by pipelines (18%), rail (10%), ship (8%), and air (0.01%). [10] Other modes of transportation, such as parcels and intermodal freight accounted for about 3% of the remainder. Air freight is commonly used only ...

6. Rail freight transport - Wikipedia

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   Rail freight transport is the use of railways and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers . A freight train, cargo train, or goods train is a group of freight cars (US) or goods wagons ( International Union of Railways) hauled by one or more locomotives on a railway, transporting cargo all or some of the way between the shipper ...

7. Containerization - Wikipedia

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   Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers, or ISO containers ). [ 1] Containerization, also referred as container stuffing or container loading, is the process of unitization of cargoes in exports.

8. Mode of transport - Wikipedia

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   Transport portal. v. t. e. A mode of transport is a method or way of travelling, or of transporting people or cargo. [ 1] The different modes of transport include air, water, and land transport, which includes rails or railways, road and off-road transport. Other modes of transport also exist, including pipelines, cable transport, and space ...

9. Less-than-truckload shipping - Wikipedia

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   Less-than-truckload shipping or less than load ( LTL) is the transportation of an amount of freight sized between individual parcels and full truckloads. Parcel carriers handle small packages and freight that can be broken down into units less than approximately 150 pounds (68 kg). Full truckload carriers move entire semi-trailers.