{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Highway Freight Transport","description":"Unlike rail or sea shipping, road freight transport requires no fixed terminal infrastructure and moves goods by motorized vehicle between any two points with road access. The mode spans light vans for urban last-mile deliveries and heavy articulated trucks on long-haul continental routes. This door-to-door flexibility makes road freight the dominant mode for intra-European cargo by volume and the essential first- and last-mile link in multimodal supply chains connecting seaports, rail terminals","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/highway-freight-transport","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-24T05:19:12.126416","citation":"https://unece.org/transport/road-transport/cmr-convention","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/highway-freight-transport","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Highway Freight Transport · Unlike rail or sea shipping, road freight transport requires no fixed terminal infrastructure and moves goods by motorized vehicle between any two points with road access. · Quelle: https://unece.org/transport/road-transport/cmr-convention"}