ABIN JOSE JERIN LUKOSE JOHN NEMISH JOSE

The "landbridge" is a generic term meaning use the land freight as a means of transport connection. The landbridge is a way of transporting cargo from a port or an inland point of origin in the shipper's country to an inland point or a port of final destination in the consignee's country using a combination of usually sea and land, or air and land, or air, land and sea transports, instead of relying fully on journey by water or air, using a multimodal transport document known as through bill of lading or combined transport bill of lading.

 Landbridge  Minibridge

(Mini-landbridge) (Micro-landbridge)

 Microbridge

Shipment from a country to another country, and passes overland in a third country. For example, shipment from Kobe (Japan) to Hamburg (Germany), cargo unloads at Los Angeles (California, U.S.A.) and connects via rail to New York (New York, U.S.A.), and then to Hamburg.

Shipment from a country's port to another country's port with overland journey in the first country. For example, shipment from Port of Seattle (Washington, U.S.A.) to the Port of Rotterdam (Netherlands), cargo delivers via rail to New York (New York, U.S.A.), and then to Rotterdam.

Shipment from a country's port to another country's inland destination and vice versa. For example, shipment from Asian port to U.S. Midwest destination, cargo unloads at U.S. West Coast port and connects via rail to the final destination under one bill of lading, instead of eastbound route via Panama Canal or westbound route via Suez Canal to the U.S. East Coast port and then to final Midwest destination.

There are two major characteristics of a landbridge freight service: First, there is a single bill of lading issued by the freight forwarder that covers the entire intermodal journey. Second, the goods remain in the same container for the entire journey. The major advantage of landbridge is the speed of shipment, based on the fact that the traffic by land or air is generally faster than by sea, and that the nearest distance between the two points is a straight line. The landbridge is useful for cargo semi-sensitive to time and cost.

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