Transport and transport documents
Transport moves goods from producers to customers, inside a country, around the region and across the world. Choosing the right mode keeps costs down and supplies safe. Paper 1 asks the best way to send heavy goods between Caribbean islands (by sea) almost every year.
By the end of this page you can
- Choose the best mode of transport for a load
- Tell multimodal from intermodal transport
- Read the main transport documents
- Explain the role of transport in marketing and trade
Goals tick themselves off as you try the activities below.
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The same container can travel by ship, train and lorry without being unpacked.
How often it shows up in past papers
All papers16 of 23 papers
Last 55 of 5 · 2023–2026
Paper 1 counts come from our past-paper bank of CSEC Principles of Business Paper 1s. The last-5 row shows how often it came up in the five most recent papers.
Inside this topic
- Moving goodsLocked
- Six modesLocked
- Key termsLocked
- Test yourselfmarkedLocked
- Practise for real · 17 past questionsLocked