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  :: Welcome to the Inlandports Website ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
EFIP is the voice of the European inland port network and actively accompanies all developments in the field of EU transport and environmental policy.
EFIP is a partner in EU projects aimed at the fostering of intermodal transportation by scientific research, thus contributing to the overall aim of ensuring environmentally and socially sustainable transport in Europe.
EFIP is dedicated to emphasize the role of inland ports in the socio-economic development of the European regions.
www.inlandports.be   (127 words)

  
 Lawmakers to study inland port idea | SavannahNow.com
The idea of an inland port, which has been the subject of academic studies in the past, involves pulling cargo containers as they come off the ships at the Savannah port and sending them by rail to a transfer facility somewhere in Middle or South Georgia.
Officials at Georgia Ports Authority are remaining neutral on the idea of an inland port.
Georgia's ports, though the fastest-growing in the country, are not at that point yet.
www.savannahnow.com /node/278954   (1159 words)

  
 Inland port - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Inland ports are shipping, receiving and distribution centers designed to relieve the congestion in increasingly busy seaports.
Handling cargo containers at spacious inland facilities can cut the time freighters spend in port and speed the flow of goods between ships and the land transportation system of trucks and trains.
An inland port could also speed the flow of cargo between ships and major land transportation networks, which would carry goods to the rest of the country.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inland_port   (161 words)

  
 Port Technology
With this platform, we also intend to strengthen the role of maritime and inland ports as essential nodal points in the transport chain”.
An important issue for both organisations is the image of ports in local communities and with the general public.
ESPO ensures that port authorities have a clear voice in the European Union and acts as the interface of the sector for the EU institutions.
www.porttechnology.org /index.php?option=content&task=view&id=707   (621 words)

  
 Kansas City SmartPort: About SmartPort - America's Inland Port Solution
Kansas City SmartPort is a non-profit economic development organization formed to promote and enhance the Kansas City metro area’s status as America’s Inland Port Solution.
The heart of a rail corridor spanning coast to coast across the U.S. and extending from Canada to Mexico (NAFTA Railway)
SmartPort is working to bring additional services, such as foreign customs offices, to the Kansas City area to aide business of all size in moving their goods both domestically and internationally.
www.kcsmartport.com /sec_about/about.htm   (438 words)

  
 Virginia Port Authority | Virginia Inland Port
Operated as an intermodal container transfer facility, the Virginia Inland Port (VIP) provides an interface between truck and rail for the transport of ocean-going containers to and from The Port of Virginia.
Containers arriving from Hampton Roads terminals are unloaded from the train and dispatched by truck to inland destinations.
The sign for the Virginia Inland Port is on the right hand side of the road.
www.vaports.com /Facilities/FAC-term-vip.htm   (127 words)

  
 Santee Inland Port Project
As a group of residents concerned about the proposed Inland Port, we have formed the Friends of Santee Cooper Lakes.
Our purpose is to provide the citizens of the Santee Cooper Lakes communities with all information available about the proposed Inland Port.
"I believe this new Charleston area expansion proposal should be supplemented by a 400 to 500-acre inland port and intermodal facility at the intersection of I-95 and I-26.
santeeinlandport.com   (320 words)

  
 Reporter-News Online: Texas News -- Southern border's busiest inland port fears truck inspections
Reporter-News Online: Texas News -- Southern border's busiest inland port fears truck inspections
Southern border's busiest inland port fears truck inspections
LAREDO, Texas (AP) - Clay-colored boots were all that was visible of Mexican trucker Augustin Robles Pachuca as he lay beneath his 18-wheeler, working on the rig's brakes.
www.texnews.com /1998/2002/texas/texas_Southern_126.html   (666 words)

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