Major differences between Intermodal and Multimodal transportation of goods by Aroon Aimen, Senior Advisor in Canadian Department of AC Freight Singapore.

1. When air freight is over the budget and sea freight will be too late - Multimodal
Logistics and shipping will be the right solution.
Let’s seethedifference between Multimodal andIntermodalShipping.
Multimodal transport(also known as combined transport) is the transportation of
goods under a single contract, but performed with at least two different means of
transport.
Intermodalfreighttransportinvolves the transportation of freight in an
intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (that is
rail, ship, and truck), withoutany handling of the freight itself when changing
modes.
The basic difference between Multimodal and Intermodal transportation is the
number of contracts the shipper has with various serviceproviders.