TRM 170- TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

Assignment: Research and enumerate the advantages and disadvantages of

the different mode of transportation. List down your answer below.

Advantages Disadvantages

1. High Speed- fastest mood 1. Risky - Air travel is the most

of transportation.
Air 2. Provide comfortable,
Transportation efficiency and quick
transport service.
3. Send almost everywhere
your freight- Air
transport is considered the
only mode of
transportation in areas
where other modes of
transportation are
inaccessible. All regions
are welcome, regardless of
land interference.
4. High standard of
security- High level of
security with a low risk of
robbery and injury.
Because airport safety
restrictions on cargo are
strictly enforced, air
shipping has a high level
of security.
5. Reliable- There are
relative legislations in the
air transport that ensure
that it is a safe transport
and that our shipment will
not be harmed in any way.
dangerous mode of
transportation because a
minor crash can result in
significant losses to goods,
customers, and crews.
2. Cost - air travel is considered
the most expensive means of
transportation.
3. Air transport provides fast
means of transportation but
it has the drawback of the
limited capacity of goods
which is better in other
modes
4. It emits more pollution than
other, more environmentally
friendly modes of
transportation, such as
electric vehicles.
5. Jet lag
6. Accident-prone: Compare
d to other modes air travel
is always at high risk of
accidents.

6. Free from physical barriers-

Air transport is free from
physical barriers like river,
mountains and valleys, etc.

7. Useful in natural calamities-

During various natural
 disasters air transport is
used for rescue operations.

8. Short transit time

9. Luxurious travel

10. Social and political

significant

11. No physical barriers like

land borders or river,
mountains can affect its
speed

Advantages Disadvantages

1. Road transports are 1. The carrying capacity is less.

 Land economical.
Transportation 2. It is safe. Damage to goods is
generally much less in road
transport because handling is
minimum.
3. It is flexible. It can reach the
actual place of loading and
unloading.
4. It gives access even to the
common man.
5. It is the only option, if goods
are to be delivered within a
particular locality, e.g., if door
delivery is to be given by a
dealer.
6. It offers wider coverage. Any
domestic or national market
can be reached by the mode of
road transport.
7. Loading and unloading of
goods can be done more
quickly.
8. When compared to all other
modes of transport, packing
expenses are the lowest in the
case of road transport.
9. The overhead expenses are
also less in the case of road
transport. Rail transport, for
example, requires the
construction of railway stations,
erection of signals and so on.
10. Road transport is the only
suitable mode of transport for
marketing goods in rural places.
2. Its efficiency is very much
determined by the conditions of
roads. Bad roads may cause such
problems as breakdown and result in
delay in the consignment reaching the
market place.
3. It is slow. The competitive nature
of Indian markets makes it
undependable.
4. The rates are not standardized.
5. It is not suitable for carrying goods
to very long distances, i.e., for foreign
destinations.
6. Goods sent by trucks get lesser
protection against rain, storm and so
on.
7. Accidents occur often in highways.
This makes road transport highly
unsafe.
8. This mode of transport is highly
irregular. The truck operators,
generally, do not adhere to time
schedule. Breakdowns and accidents
further add to the problem.
9. During rainy season, the roads
become unsafe and unfit for
transportation.
10. As the truck operators are all
private parties, their activities go
unchecked. They charge a higher tariff
and, as mentioned
Advantages Disadvantages
 1. Less maintenance cost - 1. Slow speed- it is the slow
Maintenance cost in rail and means of transport
Water road transport is quite high but 2. More Risky- Water transport is
maintenance cost of water riskier as compared to other
Transportation transport is quite less. means because there is always
2. Cheap- The transport channel is danger of sinking ships or
quite cheap as compared rail boats.
and road Transport.
3. Useful for bulky goods- Heavy
and bulky goods can be
transported easily at little cost
through water transport.
4. Importance in foreign trade-
Water transport plays
important role in foreign trade.
India’s foreign trade is mainly
dependent on water transport.
5. Useful during natural calamities
During natural calamities like
flood and rains, when rail and
road transport is disrupted,
relief operations can be
operated through water
transport.
6. Water transport need less fuel
as compared to road and
railways.

Name: VINCENT CHRISTIAN AGBAYANI

Course/Year level & Section: BSHM 4C