What are the characteristics of international multimodal transport?

The characteristics of international multimodal transport are as follows:

1. International multimodal transport involves at least two basic modes of transport.

Whether two modes of transport are involved is an important feature to judge multimodal transport. In some cases, in order to fulfill the transportation contract under a single mode of transportation, another mode of transportation is needed. For example, in order to carry out air freight service, truck transportation service is usually provided for cargo owners at the origin and destination to load and unload goods. This situation does not belong to multimodal transport.

2. There is a multimodal transport contract between the carrier and the shipper of international multimodal transport.

The contract covers the transportation process from the initial departure point to the last day, and will clearly stipulate the rights, obligations and responsibilities between the shipper, the consignee and the multimodal transport operator.

3. multi-modal transport operator must be responsible for the whole transportation.

Although the provisions on the scope of multi-modal transport operator's liability are quite different in different multimodal transport contracts, the basis of multimodal transport is that the multimodal transport operator should be responsible for the whole process, so as to distinguish the traditional mode of segmented transport. In addition, this does not rule out that multimodal transport operators should look for cross-text carriers to complete the cargo transportation work of each transport mode segment.

4, the international multimodal transport process should use the whole multimodal transport documents.

The international multimodal transport document, also known as the multimodal transport bill of lading, has similar characteristics to the maritime bill of lading, and it is also a document that proves that the international multimodal transport contract has been established and that the multimodal transport operator has received the goods and is responsible for delivering the goods according to the terms of the contract. Therefore, it, like the ocean bill of lading, has the function of transferring the control right of goods through the transfer rib.

5, in the process of international multimodal transport, the implementation of the whole single rate.

In the traditional segmented transportation mode, the carriers of each segmented transportation calculate and charge the freight of each segment separately. For international multimodal towels, the multimodal transport operator sets all the freight rates from the place of departure to the destination according to the costs of each transport link and considering all the transport responsibilities undertaken by the multimodal transport operator, and collects all the freight rates from the owner in the form of lump sum.

6. International multimodal transport must be international.

This is the basic requirement to distinguish domestic transportation from the application of international multimodal transport conventions.