International rail transportation is a traditional way of delivering goods that arose during the industrial revolution, but has not lost its popularity even now.
This type of transportation is usually used when it is impossible to deliver goods of large volume and weight (more than 23 tons) by road, as well as for the transportation of goods over distances of more than 2000 km.
International transportation by train is often used for multimodal delivery – a container with cargo is loaded onto a container ship, at the port of arrival it is reloaded onto a train and proceeds to its destination.