Exercise 6 Match the different types of freight traffic (1-6) with the definitions (a-f).

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B) Which form or forms of transport would you choose for the following consignments, and why? What kind of cargo is involved in each case?

1. A large consignment of cars from Hamburg to Dresden. 2. A small consignment of flour from Wales to London. 3. A small consignment of china from London to Moscow. 4. An urgently needed consignment of tea from Bombay to Boston. 5. A cargo of timber (wood) from Germany to England via Rotterdam. 6. A consignment of diamonds from Cape Town to Cairo. 7. A large consignment of coal from Sheffield to Leeds. 8. A cargo of bananas from the Caribbean to Dublin.
9. A large consignment of lorries from London to Warsaw. 10. A small consignment of cheese from Switzerland to the USA.

1 multimodal ▪ 2 piggyback ▪ 3 intermodal ▪ 4 unaccompanied

5 block train ▪ 6 single-wagon

a The driver does not stay with his road vehicle during transport by rail or ferry.

b Goods are transported in the same loading unit or vehicle using different modes of transport.

c A single shipper uses a whole train which is run directly from the loading point to the destination. No assembling and disassembling is required.

d Carriage of goods by at least two different modes of transport, e.g. shipping by motor lorry and aircraft.

e Train is formed out of individual wagons or sets of wagons which have different origins and different destinations.

f Combines road and rail transport: whole motor lorries, trailers or swap-bodies^* are carried by rail.

^*swap-body – знімний кузов для змішаних автомобільно-залізничних перевезень

(a-4, b-3, c-5, d-1, e-6, f-2)