What are the main modes of transportation in international trade?

Ocean transportation, also known as "international ocean cargo transportation", is the most important mode of transportation in international logistics. It refers to the use of ships to transport goods between ports in different countries and regions through sea routes, which is the most widely used way in international cargo transportation. At present, more than 2/3 of the total international trade, and about 90% of China's total import and export freight are transported by sea. The changes brought by ocean transportation to the world are enormous.

2. Railway transportation

Railway transportation is a mode of transportation that uses railway trains to transport goods. It plays an important role in the social material production process. 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.

3. Air transportation

Air transportation is a mode of transportation that uses airplanes, helicopters and other aircraft to transport people, goods and mail. It is fast and mobile, and it is an important way of modern passenger transport, especially long-distance passenger transport. In international trade, it is an indispensable tool for transporting valuables, fresh goods and precision instruments. Air transport has six characteristics: commodity, service, international, paramilitary, capital, technology risk-intensive and natural monopoly.

4. Container transportation

Container transportation refers to a new, efficient and effective mode of transportation, which uses containers as carriers to assemble goods into container units, so as to use large-scale loading and unloading machinery and large-scale carrying vehicles to carry out loading and unloading operations and complete transportation tasks in modern circulation fields, and better realize door-to-door transportation of goods.

5. Postal parcel transportation

Parcel postal transportation refers to the way of transporting goods through the post office. This method has the characteristics of simple procedures and low cost, but it is only suitable for transporting light and small commodities, such as precision instruments, accessories, medicines, samples, materials and other sporadic items.