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Chapter Nine International Cargo Transportation (4) Multi-modal and Other kinds of Transportation International multi-modal transport Definition : It refers to the process of providing a door-to-door or warehouse-to-warehouse service to the shipper which has two or more forms of transport, and involves the merchandise being conveyed in a unitized form in the same unit throughout transit. It involves a scheduled and dedicated service. Forms of multi--modalism (1) Containerization — FCL/LCL/road/sea/rail (2) Land-bridge — trailer/truck — road/sea/road (3) Land-bridge — pallet/IATA container road/sea/air/road (4) Trailer/truck — road/sea/road (5) Swap-body— road/rail/sea/road  Features of multi-modal transport (1) It provides a dedicated service with each operator or carrier committed to the schedule under NVOCC arrangement. (2) It has the most conspicuous feature which is its provision of a regular, reliable, competitively priced quality door-to-door service with acceptable transit times. (3) It is an ideal environment for EDI because when EDI电子数据交换 expands on a global scale, the multi-modal network will certainly move with it. (4) Multi-modalism develops new markets, improves commodity quality, raises loadability and lowers transit times, reduces packing and aids the development of consumer high tech fast-moving markets. (5) The system favours both the large and small shipper by involving the full load or consolidated consignment. Multi-modal transport in China (1) China inland—China ports—Japanese ports—Japanese inland (including the opposite direction); (2) China inland—China ports—Kuwait—Iraq; (3) China inland—China ports including Hong Kong—American ports—American inland (covering the opposite direction); (4) China ports—Kenya ports—Ugenda inland; (5) China inland—China ports including Hong Kong—Germany ports or Belgium ports—Western European inland (covering the opposite direction); (6) China Northeastern region—Tumen—Korean Qingjin 朝鲜清津港—Japanese port