Freight rarely fits inside one mode. A container may arrive by vessel, move by rail, transfer to truck and depend on warehouse capacity before delivery.
Multimodal freight research works best when the mode, geography and current public signals are read together. The mode explains the structure, the map shows the geography and the pulse board adds latest available public signals.
Public data can show useful conditions and context, but it does not provide complete visibility into private operations.
That honest framing makes the site more useful for researchers, shippers and logistics teams who need a fast starting point.