Characteristics of transportation industry

Characteristics of transportation industry:

1. Transportation labor does not produce tangible products: unlike industry and agriculture, transportation does not change the physical, chemical or biological properties of the labor object, but only changes the spatial position of the object.

2. The transportation process is a simultaneous production process and consumption process, and no tangible products are created. The transportation production process is also a consumption process, which is a production process for transportation suppliers.

3. It is characterized by large transportation capacity, high speed and low cost, generally not limited by climatic conditions, and is suitable for long-distance transportation of bulk and bulky goods. Low transportation cost; Good transport regularity; Low energy consumption; Good versatility; Poor liquidity.

4. Continuity of transportation and identity of products. Modern transportation includes railway, highway, water transport, aviation, pipeline and other modes of transportation. They have different routes and means of transportation, and each has its own length in completing the transportation task, but the products produced are the same, that is, people kilometers or tons kilometers.