Ukuthunyelwa kwe-multimodal kuhilela ukuxhumanisa ukuthuthwa kwezimpahla ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene, ezihlanganisa iloli, ujantshi, indiza, noma umkhumbi, ngaphansi kwenkontileka eyodwa yenqola. Kuyafana nokuhamba nge-intermodal, kodwa umehluko oyinhloko ukuthi ekuthuthweni kwe-multimodal, inhlangano eyodwa, evame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-Multimodal Transport Operator (MTO), inesibopho sayo yonke inqubo yokuthunyelwa, ukuphatha izinkontileka nabanye abathwali njengoba kudingeka.
Nakuba uhlelo lokuthumela ngemikhumbi olunezinhlobo eziningi lisebenzisa isisebenzisi esisodwa kuphela ukuze luqondise inqubo yokuthumela futhi lusize ekunciphiseni ubunzima obuhlobene nokuphathwa kwezinkontileka eziningi uma kuqhathaniswa nokuthunyelwa kwezimpahla ezihlukene, ngokuvamile kuza nezindleko eziphakeme. Futhi, ngokungafani nenketho ye-intermodal, ukuthunyelwa kwe-multimodal akudingi ukusetshenziswa kweziqukathi ezijwayelekile.
