{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Unimodal Transportation Modes","description":"The appeal of unimodal transportation modes is straightforward: goods move from origin to destination on a single transport mode, with no handover between carriers and no transshipment. Full truckload road haulage, direct deep-sea liner service, and end-to-end air cargo are the most common examples. Freight forwarders favour unimodal routing for short hauls, standardised trade lanes, or high-value sensitive cargo where additional handling points introduce unnecessary risk. The key distinction fr","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/unimodal-transportation-modes","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-26T12:41:23.662195","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_freight_transport","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/unimodal-transportation-modes","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Unimodal Transportation Modes · The appeal of unimodal transportation modes is straightforward: goods move from origin to destination on a single transport mode, with no handover between carriers and no transshipment. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_freight_transport"}