{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Multimodal Transportation","description":"In multimodal transport, a single multimodal transport operator (MTO) or freight forwarder takes end-to-end contractual responsibility for moving goods across two or more modes of carriage – road, rail, sea, or air – under one contract and one transport document. The combined transport document consolidates all legs under a unified liability framework, sparing the shipper from negotiating separately with each carrier. The defining legal distinction from intermodal transport is contractual: inter","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/multimodal-transportation","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-22T13:10:37.385607","citation":"https://unctad.org/topic/transport-and-trade-logistics/multimodal-transport","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/multimodal-transportation","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Multimodal Transportation · In multimodal transport, a single multimodal transport operator (MTO) or freight forwarder takes end-to-end contractual responsibility for moving goods across two or more modes of carriage – road, rail, sea, or air – under one contract and one transport document. · Quelle: https://unctad.org/topic/transport-and-trade-logistics/multimodal-transport"}