The most authoritative definition of the term "International Multimodal Transport" is provided in article 1 (1) of the United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods 1980 (hereinafter referred to as the MT Convention) which reads as follows:
"International multimodal transport" means the carriage of goods by at least two different modes of transport on the basis of a multimodal transport contract from a place in one country at which the goods are taken in charge by the multimodal transport operator to a place designated for delivery situated in a different country...
* International conventions applicable to unimodal transportation :
1) Transport by sea:
- International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Billsof Lading, 1924 (Hague Rules).
- Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Bills of Lading 1924, (Hague/Visby Rules) 1968.
- Protocol Amending the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rulesof Law Relating to Bills of Lading, 1924, as Amended by the Protocol of 1968, 1979.
- United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 (Hamburg Rules).
2) Transport by Road :
- Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) 1956.
3) Transport by Rail :
- Uniform Rules Concerning the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail (CIM), Appendix B to the Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF), May 1980.
- Protocol to amend CIM-COTIF, 1999.
4) Transport by Air :
- Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air (Warsaw Convention), 1929.
- The Hague Protocol, 1955.
- Montreal Protocol No. 4, 1975.
- The Montreal Convention, 1999.
"International multimodal transport" means the carriage of goods by at least two different modes of transport on the basis of a multimodal transport contract from a place in one country at which the goods are taken in charge by the multimodal transport operator to a place designated for delivery situated in a different country...
* International conventions applicable to unimodal transportation :
1) Transport by sea:
- International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Billsof Lading, 1924 (Hague Rules).
- Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Bills of Lading 1924, (Hague/Visby Rules) 1968.
- Protocol Amending the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rulesof Law Relating to Bills of Lading, 1924, as Amended by the Protocol of 1968, 1979.
- United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 (Hamburg Rules).
2) Transport by Road :
- Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) 1956.
3) Transport by Rail :
- Uniform Rules Concerning the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail (CIM), Appendix B to the Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF), May 1980.
- Protocol to amend CIM-COTIF, 1999.
4) Transport by Air :
- Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air (Warsaw Convention), 1929.
- The Hague Protocol, 1955.
- Montreal Protocol No. 4, 1975.
- The Montreal Convention, 1999.
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