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Land bridge

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-003241

A transportation route where intermodal containers are shipped by rail across a continent as part of a longer sea journey. This method combines ocean shipping with overland rail transport to bypass longer sea routes, reducing transit times and costs. The term is often applied to transcontinental rail links in North America connecting Asian and European shipping lanes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-003241
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectRail equipment
TranslationsGerman: Landbrücke; Spanish: puente terrestre; French: pont terrestre
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003241",
  "term": "Land bridge",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A transportation route where intermodal containers are shipped by rail across a continent as part of a longer sea journey. This method combines ocean shipping with overland rail transport to bypass longer sea routes, reducing transit times and costs. The term is often applied to transcontinental rail links in North America connecting Asian and European shipping lanes.",
  "subject": "Rail equipment",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Landbrücke",
    "es": "puente terrestre",
    "fr": "pont terrestre"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/land-bridge/"
}

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