Inland intermodal terminal connected by road or rail to a seaport
For a port on a river or canal, see
inland port. For dry port wine, see
port wine.
A dry port (sometimes referred to as an inland port) is an inland
intermodal terminal directly connected by
road or
rail to a
seaport, operating as a centre for the
transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations.[1]
In addition to their role in cargo transshipment, dry ports may also include facilities for storage and consolidation of goods, maintenance for road or rail cargo carriers and customs clearance services. The location of these facilities at a dry port relieves competition for storage and customs space at the seaport itself.[2]
A dry inland port can speed up the flow of cargo between ships and major land transportation networks, creating a more central distribution point. Inland ports can improve the movement of imports and exports, moving the time-consuming sorting and processing of containers inland, away from congested seaports.[2]
Background
The term inland port is used in a narrow sense in the field of
transportation systems to mean a specialized facility for
intermodal containers (standardized shipping container) in international transport. Rather than goods being loaded and unloaded in such ports,
shipping containers can just be transferred between ship and
road vehicle or ship and
train. The container may be transferred again between road and rail elsewhere and the goods are only loaded or unloaded at their point of origin or final destination.[1][2]
Shipping containers allow some functions traditionally carried out at a seaport to be moved elsewhere. Examples are the functions of receiving, processing through
customs, inspecting, sorting, and consolidating containers going to the same overseas port. Container transfer at the seaport can be sped up and container handling space can be reduced by transferring functions to an inland site away from the port and coast.[1][2]
Distribution can also be made more efficient by setting up a link between the inland site and seaport as, say, a high-capacity rail link with a lower unit cost than sending containers individually by road. The containers are still collected from their origins or distributed to their ultimate destinations by road with the transfer happening at the inland site.[1][2]
An inland port is simply such an inland site linked to a seaport. This kind of inland port does not require a waterway. Key features of an inland port are the transfer of containers between different modes of transportation (
intermodal transfer) and the processing of
international trade. This differentiates an inland port from a container depot or transport hub.[3]
The term inland port may also be used for a similar model of a site linked to an
airport or land
border crossing rather than a seaport.
The definition of inland port in the jargon of the transportation and
logistics industries is:
An inland port is a physical site located away from traditional land, air and coastal borders with the vision to facilitate and process international trade through strategic investment in multi-modal transportation assets and by promoting value-added services as goods move through the supply chain.[4]
Inland ports may also be referred to as dry ports or
intermodal hubs.
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abcdefErené Cronje, Marianne Matthee and Waldo Krugell (2009).
"The Role of Dry Ports In South Africa"(PDF). Transport and Communications Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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abcdefg"A Review of Dry Ports"(Article (PDF Available) in Maritime Economics & Logistics 12(2)). 30 June 2010. pp. 196–213. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^Greg Thompson (30 September 2016).
"BMW and Greer: A port far from any storms". Automotive Logistics. Retrieved 6 April 2017. That Charleston facility now sees approximately 5,000 finished vehicles per week arriving via Norfolk Southern along a rail line that starts at the end of the BMW assembly line and testing centre in Greer. Of the 285,000 finished vehicles exported by the OEM from the plant during 2015, Charleston port was the point of departure for some 250,000 units.
Inland intermodal terminal connected by road or rail to a seaport
For a port on a river or canal, see
inland port. For dry port wine, see
port wine.
A dry port (sometimes referred to as an inland port) is an inland
intermodal terminal directly connected by
road or
rail to a
seaport, operating as a centre for the
transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations.[1]
In addition to their role in cargo transshipment, dry ports may also include facilities for storage and consolidation of goods, maintenance for road or rail cargo carriers and customs clearance services. The location of these facilities at a dry port relieves competition for storage and customs space at the seaport itself.[2]
A dry inland port can speed up the flow of cargo between ships and major land transportation networks, creating a more central distribution point. Inland ports can improve the movement of imports and exports, moving the time-consuming sorting and processing of containers inland, away from congested seaports.[2]
Background
The term inland port is used in a narrow sense in the field of
transportation systems to mean a specialized facility for
intermodal containers (standardized shipping container) in international transport. Rather than goods being loaded and unloaded in such ports,
shipping containers can just be transferred between ship and
road vehicle or ship and
train. The container may be transferred again between road and rail elsewhere and the goods are only loaded or unloaded at their point of origin or final destination.[1][2]
Shipping containers allow some functions traditionally carried out at a seaport to be moved elsewhere. Examples are the functions of receiving, processing through
customs, inspecting, sorting, and consolidating containers going to the same overseas port. Container transfer at the seaport can be sped up and container handling space can be reduced by transferring functions to an inland site away from the port and coast.[1][2]
Distribution can also be made more efficient by setting up a link between the inland site and seaport as, say, a high-capacity rail link with a lower unit cost than sending containers individually by road. The containers are still collected from their origins or distributed to their ultimate destinations by road with the transfer happening at the inland site.[1][2]
An inland port is simply such an inland site linked to a seaport. This kind of inland port does not require a waterway. Key features of an inland port are the transfer of containers between different modes of transportation (
intermodal transfer) and the processing of
international trade. This differentiates an inland port from a container depot or transport hub.[3]
The term inland port may also be used for a similar model of a site linked to an
airport or land
border crossing rather than a seaport.
The definition of inland port in the jargon of the transportation and
logistics industries is:
An inland port is a physical site located away from traditional land, air and coastal borders with the vision to facilitate and process international trade through strategic investment in multi-modal transportation assets and by promoting value-added services as goods move through the supply chain.[4]
Inland ports may also be referred to as dry ports or
intermodal hubs.
^
abcdefErené Cronje, Marianne Matthee and Waldo Krugell (2009).
"The Role of Dry Ports In South Africa"(PDF). Transport and Communications Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^
abcdefg"A Review of Dry Ports"(Article (PDF Available) in Maritime Economics & Logistics 12(2)). 30 June 2010. pp. 196–213. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^Greg Thompson (30 September 2016).
"BMW and Greer: A port far from any storms". Automotive Logistics. Retrieved 6 April 2017. That Charleston facility now sees approximately 5,000 finished vehicles per week arriving via Norfolk Southern along a rail line that starts at the end of the BMW assembly line and testing centre in Greer. Of the 285,000 finished vehicles exported by the OEM from the plant during 2015, Charleston port was the point of departure for some 250,000 units.