As a result, Shanghai's business is a mix between serving its immediate hinterland and trans-shipping containers to travel by truck, rail or barge elsewhere in the Yangtze Delta.

There are five basic modes of transportation. They are water transport, rail transport, truck transport, air transport and pipeline transport.

Pre-carriage? The initial transport of goods from the seller's premises to the mail port of shipment. Usually by truck, rail or on inland waterways.