Modes of Transportation

Vaccines being sent from Atlanta, Georgia to Los Angeles, CA will use this mode of transportation

Air

A company who needs a part for a machine that is vital to the manufacturing of products will use this mode of transportation to get the new part.

Airway

High value, low-weight, and time critical items a best suited for this type of transportation.

Airway

The fastest mode of transportation

Airway

The most expensive form of transportation

Airway

Advantage of this from of transportation is that it is the most flexible.

Motor Carrier

What mode of transportation carries the greatest amount on ton miles of all of the modes.

Motor Carrier

Canned goods delivered to grocery store use this mode of transportation

Motor carrier

Gasoline from a refinery to the local gas station uses this mode of transportation.

Motor carrier

This mode of transportation is most susceptible to delays due to traffic jams, road conditions, and severe weather

Motor carrier

A disadvantage of this mode of transportation is that if a leak occurs it can cause extensive damage to the environment

Pipeline

Oli from a field in Oklahoma to a refinery in Texas uses this mode of transportation

Pipeline

This form of transportation is the least affected by the weather

Pipeline

This mode of transportation is not subject to delivery delays

Pipeline

A mode of transportation that is rarely affected by weather and can handle large quantities at relatively low costs

Railway

Excellent form of transportation for moving heavy/bulky freight such as coal, steel, lumber and grain.

Railway

Grain being transported from Chicago to Florida will most likely use this form of transportation.

Railway

This type of transportation can only deliver goods to designated stations along the tracks.

Railway

The type of carrier that carries hazardous or combustible materials, such as gas or chemicals.

Tankers

Bananas sent from Ecuador to San Diego will be sent via this mode of transportation

Waterway

Sugar transported from New Orleans to Europe will use this mode of transportation.

Waterway

The oldest form of transportation for large quantities

Waterway

This form of transportation is the slowest

Waterway

The advantage of this type of transportation combines all of the advantages of motor carriers with the lower cost of rail and waterways.

intermodal transportation

Ton-mile

the movement of one ton (2,000 pounds) of freight one mile