{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.intermodal-goods-center","code":"thing-q317615","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q317615/","name":"Intermodal Goods Center","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"research-draft","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"An intermodal goods centre, also called an intermodal freight terminal or logistics hub, is a facility where freight is transferred between transport modes such as rail, road and sometimes water, using standardised containers and equipment such as cranes and reach stackers to move loads without handling the goods themselves; such centres reduce costs and emissions by combining the strengths of each mode and are key nodes in logistics and supply chains. 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