Abstract
Intermodal transportation may be defined as the transportation of a person or a load from its origin to its destination by a sequence of at least two transportation modes, the transfer from one mode to the next being performed at an intermodal terminal. The concept is very general, and thus it means many things to many people: transportation of containerized cargo by a combination of truck, rail, and ocean shipping, dedicated rail services to move massive quantities of containers and trailers over long distances, main transportation mode for the international movement of goods, central piece in defining transportation policy for the European Community, and trips undertaken by a combination of private and public transport. In one of its most widely accepted meanings, intermodal freight transportations refer to a multimodal chain of container-transportation services. This chain usually links the initial shipper to the final consignee of the container and takes place over long distances. Container transportation is a major component of intermodal transportation and international commerce and this importance is discussed in this chapter.
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