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1. Roadways (Trucks)
Strengths
• It is speedier resulting in price stabilization and
consumer satisfaction
• Do not insist on strict packaging requirements
• More economical
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Weaknesses
• Closed during monsoons
• It is not reliable for bulky and heavy goods
• There may disproportionate rise in fuel and spare part
expenses
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2. Railways
Strengths
• It provide all season production to the products moved
on uninterrupted basis
• Main sources of connections with the markets outside
the country moving goods from interior parts to the
points of overseas and shipping
• Railways are known as bulk carriage of goods over long
distances
• Cheaper
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Weaknesses
• Railway transport works costlier over short distances
because of tapering and differential tariff rates
• As compared to air and road transport, the speed of
movement is slower
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3. Waterways
Strengths
• The items which are bulky and heavy, fragile can be
moved with ease
• Waterways provide an independent movement unlike
road system where road is meant for all kinds of vehicles
creating the problem of congestion
• Tariffs are much lower and thus is cheaper.
• Sender and receiver of cargo has the facilities of loading
and unloading from boats and steamers
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Weaknesses
• Changing seasons may create problems
• Cargo capacity is quite limited as inland water ways
are connecting the given places
• Movement is slow
• Not meant for perishable products
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4. Airways
Strengths
• It is known for its dependable service during time of
floods, wars and earthquakes
• As it provides fastest and uninterrupted service, capital
investments in the form of stocks of goods is less.
• Speediest movement of cargo
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Weaknesses
• It connects metros and some important cities only
• Cargo capacity of plane is much smaller
• Cost is very high and there is limit of weight of cargo
and thus suitable for lightweight, high grade and costly
items only
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5. Pipelines
Strengths
• As there are no occasions of loading and unloading,
there is no scope for spilling, evaporation, pilferage and
so on
• It is underground thus do not require any additional
space
• Crude oil and gas transported through the pipelines
works out almost ¼ of railways and roadways
• No wastage of time
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Weaknesses
• Though operational and maintenance costs are minimal,
the capital costs of pipeline is rather much higher
