The different modes of Transportation are: 

(i) Flexible and Growing: It is the most favoured transportation mode used by all business sectors and preferred by large scale companies too. It is beneficial in such a way that it is able to deliver the goods quickly to almost all the parts in the country, allowing fast and frequent movement from one place to another compared to any other mode. Trucks are majorly used for transactions that can carry large amounts of goods. Due to its high transportation cost, mostly perishable and high value items are shipped in air mode. Most of the medium business companies also use air mode for improved business sustainability.

(ii) Water Carriers Slow But Inexpensive: Ships can carry tons of load at a very low cost but the transit time from one place to another is high, only products that are durable loaded in ships and inland movements use small ships for transit.

(iii) Water Carriers Slow But Inexpensive: Ships can carry tons of load at a very low cost but the transit time from one place to another is high, only products that are durable loaded in ships and inland movements use small ships for transit.

(iv) Railroads Long Distance Shipping: Railroads are efficient in transporting bulk goods for long distance purposes where mainly commodities like coal, chemicals, and food grains are Transported. 

(v) Pipelines Specialised Transporters: Pipelines are used to transport natural gas, petrol and diesel, chemicals from ships to port and from port to remote areas in an efficient way.