International multimodal transport has been defined as the carriage of goods from one country to another by more than one mode of transport on the basis of a single contract. The consignor entrusts the goods to the person who undertakes to organize multimodal transport and make all th intermediate arrangements necessary for through movement of the goods and their delivery to the consignee at destination. The multimodal transport operator acts as the principal and not as Agent of the consignor. When such a door-to-door contract on through freight rate is planned the burden of documentation and other formalities connected with the system is reduced to the minimum.