Question

List the five modes of transportation and for each mode, provide a brief description of the kinds / types of cargo that are typically transported via that mode.

Answer 1

Transportation mode is that by which we can transfer the material or something else from one place to another. There are five modes of transportation which is listed below:

1. Road transportation: It is most common of all modes of transportation. It has several benefits:
   1. Cost effectiveness.
   2. Fast and scheduled delivery
   3. It is flexible service.
   4. It compete door-to-door service.
2. Rail transportation: It is also an effective mode of transportation because it burns less fuel per ton-mile than road vehicle and it helps to life more material as compare to road vehicles. It has several benefits:
   1. Railroads are most efficient from land transportation because it can hold the material equivalent to 300 trucks.
   2. Rail roads have strong safety records.
3. Air transportation: It is also the type of transportation but it is very costly as compare to road and rail. But it has also several benefits:
   1. It is help to transfer material very quickly.
   2. Required less documentation.
   3. Reliable arrival and departures
4. Ocean transportation: It is also the transportation type and it is very cheaper for shipping the goods as compare to other modes, but the drawback is longer transit time. For example the (wheat, maize, soya, coal, iron ore, etc.) are the cargo for this mode. It has some key benefits:
   1. Cheaper than other.
   2. Most environment friendly
   3. Multiple carrier option
5. Pipeline transportation: It is the mode of transportation of goods or material through the pipe. For example if we want to send some liquid raw material than it is very effective mode of transport. It has some key benefits:
   1. Material is safe in this mode.
   2. Energy efficient
   3. Helps to moving large quantity over long distance.

So there are numbers of option for transporting the goods and material. Each mode has its own advantages and disadvantages. It’s totally up to you which type of mode you have preferred as per your requirements