Combined Transport

General definition: the use of road and rail or water for the movement of goods in a single journey. UN/ECE definition: 'Intermodal transport where the major part of the European journey is by rail, inland waterways or sea, and any initial and/or final legs carried out by road are as short as possible.' CIT definition: 'intermodal transport of intermodal transport units when the major part of the journey is made by rail, by inland waterway or sea but the initial and/or terminal journeys are made by another mode of transport.'