Unlike conventional transshipment – where vehicle and load unit are fully separated – the hook-and-go principle keeps standardised unit loads such as swap bodies or roll containers attached to the tractor unit via a hook mechanism until the next interchange point is reached.
Source: https://www.intermodal.org/hook-and-go-freight-handling-systems
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