Combined transport

Quelle: https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/combined-transport_en

Combined transport means the carriage of goods in one and the same loading unit or vehicle by two or more different modes of transport, where the major part of the journey, measured in distance, is by rail, inland waterways or sea and any initial and/or final legs are carried out by road for the shortest possible distance.

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