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This term might most commonly apply to transport. If shipping something involves using various modes of transport such as airplanes, trucks and ships then we would say that intermodal shipping is involved.

There are many reasons for having intermodal transportation. Some of the main reasons are cost savings, reliability, highway safety, and environmental benefits.

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Intermodal transport refers to the fact that the transport containers - ('swap bodies' is the correct term for intermodal) - can be swapped from Rail to Road transport. This allows the goods being carried to be transported the majority of the distance on rail, and then to be taken off at a terminal to complete the last portion of their journey on road. Norfolkline intermodal service is a leader in Europe, running train line between Italy in the south to Finland in the north, and also servicing UK, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Germany.