Transport chain
The transport chain (also known as the transport chain ) describes the technical and organizational link between transport and transport processes. Transport chains are used in particular for combined transport (broken traffic). The basic structure of a transport chain is formed by the system access , the change of location in connection with intermediate processes and the system exit .
example
A classic transport chain for combined transport is composed as follows:
- Transport of the goods by truck to the transshipment terminal ( lead time )
- Transshipment in the source terminal ( loading onto another means of transport)
- Transport by rail, sea or inland waterway to the destination terminal ( main run )
- Transhipment in the destination terminal
- Transport by truck to the recipient (on- carriage )
A string of different modes of transport in the main run is also conceivable, for example from the source terminal by sea ship to an intermediate terminal , then by rail to the destination terminal.
source
- Term "traffic chain" in: Glossary of Transport and Transport Sciences , TU Dresden (PDF file; 1.27 MB)