Research And Practice Of International Multi-model Transportation

International container multi-model transportation is based on development and promotion of International container transportation. China lies in the starting stage of developing International container multi-model transportation.In this article, COSCO and China Railway open jointly container inland-sea multi-model transportation of Xian-Tianjin harbor and Xian-Qingdao harbor. The author takes part in the work of multi-model transport organization and analyses systematically International container multi-model transportation combining with work practice. The article is composed of six sections:1. Summary to International container multi-model transportation: origin > character, form of transport organization and advantage of container multi-model transportation.2. Organization and management engaging in International container multi-model transportation: possessed conditions of developing International container multi-model transportation, qualified request to operators; bills of multi-model transportation, contracts of multi-model transportation, settling an account to costs of multi-model transportation , running and so on.3. International container multi-model transportation and modern logistics: present conditions and existent problems of International container multi-model transportation; present conditions and development tendency of International comprehensive logistics.4. Practice in container multi-model transportation of COSCO and China Railway: summary; multi-model transport running of Xian桾ianjin harbor and Xian桻ingdao harbor; analysis to running; item logistics and product logistics in International container multi-model transportation.5. Analysis and prediction to container transport market: development analysis to International container transport market; analysis to container transportmarket in China; prediction to container transport market. 6. Advice to COSCO and China Railway about developing Internationalcontainer multi-model transportation.The article's conclusions are of significance to China and COSCO for developing International container multi-model transportation and modern logistics in a new century.