
A brief foreword presenting the content of this course.
You can find here a read along version of this training. A PDF slide set covering most of the information displayed in our videos. This PDF can be used as a read along while going through our videos or as reference material.
A 2 slide video presenting the main types of cargo and a high level overview of transportation.
The main types of cargo and the split of international maritime trade by cargo type
A 2 minute video presenting some of the main parties involved in transport and logistics.
The main transport modes in less than one minute.
An overview of the most common truck, road, transport modes: Full Truckload, Less-Than-Truckload and Out-of-Gauge.
Learn more about Truckload - TL or FTL - transport.
Learn more about LTL - Less-Than-Truckload - transport.
A short article on FTL versus LTL
Learn more about the road transport of oversized cargo with OOG transport.
An overview of some of the main sub-modes or types of ocean cargo transport.
A short article on the world fleet and its compostion
Learn about Full Container Load (FCL) transport
Learn about Less than Container Load (LCL) transport.
Learn about Break Bulk ocean transport.
Learn about Roll On Roll Off (RORO) ocean transport.
An overview of some of the main sub-modes or types of air transport.
Learn more about traditional air freight, using forwarders and airlines.
Learn more about Air and Ocean chartering.
A 12 questions interactive quiz related to Air freight.
Learn more about barge, inland waterways, transport.
Learn more about rail transport.
A transport mode selection game, ideal to apply the acquire knowledge
Follow a shipment and a 40 ft container on its journey from China to the US.
Take our quiz to use some of the knowledge points reviewed in this course.
A few last comments and some reminders to close out this course.
We hope you enjoyed it!
Learn about the main transport modes in this Allyn International Introduction to transport modes logistics training.
Learning objectives:
Following this course, the student should be:
familiar with the most common transport modes.
able to select a transport mode appropriate to a specific situation.
able to exchange in a credible manner with customers, freight forwarders, and other parties in relation to transport modes.
Introduction to transport modes training content:
In this online logistics training, we will look at some essential information related to the main transport modes, the different means used to transport cargo or freight.
We will start by introducing cargo transportation in general, presenting the main involved parties, and listing the main modes.
We will then look separately and in some more details at the Truck, Air, and Ocean transport modes before briefly reviewing the two, somewhat less common, Rail and Barge transport modes.
We will then close this module by looking at a transport example and going over some key points.
In this training, we will be introducing the main transport modes you may work with as a logistics coordinator. The information will be high level, introductory only. For more advanced information please refer to mode-specific training materials and options.
The total run time of this logistics training is approximately 60 minutes.
User experience duration is expected to be around 90+ minutes but may vary due to interactive parts and reflection time.
Course includes 25 quiz questions, including some visual learning ones.
Course also links to fully interactive externally hosted quiz and game.
Detailed list of covered modes
Ground - Full Truckload (FTL)
Ground - Less-Than-Truckload (LTL)
Ground - Out Of Gauge (OOG)
Air - Courier
Air - Air freight
Ocean - Full Container Load (FCL)
Ocean - Less than Container Load (LCL)
Ocean - Roll On Roll Off (RORO)
Ocean - Break-Bulk (BB)
Air and Ocean - Chartering
Rail - general information
Barge - general information