When a shipment moves across multiple modes and transhipment points, a transport chain system provides the coordinating framework: it sequences pre-carriage, main carriage, and on-carriage into a continuous flow, linking terminals, warehouses, and carriers at every handover.
Source: https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/definition/transportkette-53638
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