Inland port

An inland port is a port on an inland waterway, such as a river, lake, or canal, which may or may not be connected to the sea. The term "inland port" is also used to refer to a dry port.

Examples

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, which has three primary mission areas: Engineer Regiment, military construction, and civil works, publishes biannually a list of such locations and for this purpose states that "inland ports" are ports that are located on rivers and do not handle deep draft ship traffic. The list includes ports such as St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and Memphis. A dense network of inland waterways including ports exists also in Europe (France, Germany, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom and the Benelux countries), as well as in China and Brazil.

List of inland waterway ports

Europe

Inland rivers

Port	Water body	Coordinates	Website	Features and notes
Germany
Port of Duisburg	Rhine River	51°27′N 6°45′E / 51.45°N 6.75°E / 51.45; 6.75 (Duisburg-Port)	duisport.de
Dortmund Port	Dortmund–Ems Canal	51°32′N 7°26′E / 51.53°N 7.44°E / 51.53; 7.44 (Dortmund-Port)	e-port-dortmund.de
United Kingdom
Port of London	River Thames	51°30′N 0°03′W / 51.50°N 0.05°W / 51.50; -0.05 (Port-of-London)	pla.co.uk
Port of Manchester (including Manchester Docks)	River Mersey	53°28′N 2°17′W / 53.47°N 2.28°W / 53.47; -2.28 (Port-of-Manchester)	pla.co.uk	Was closed in 1982; being renovated as the Atlantic Gateway
Port of Bristol	River Avon	51°30′N 2°42′W / 51.50°N 2.70°W / 51.50; -2.70 (Port-of-Bristol)	bristolport.co.uk Archived 2024-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
Gloucester Docks	Gloucester and Sharpness Canal	51°52′N 2°15′W / 51.86°N 2.25°W / 51.86; -2.25 (Gloucester-Docks)	visitgloucester.co.uk
Goole	River Ouse and Aire and Calder Navigation	53°42′N 0°52′W / 53.70°N 0.87°W / 53.70; -0.87 (Goole)	abports.co.uk
Port of Wisbech	River Nene	52°40′N 0°10′E / 52.67°N 0.16°E / 52.67; 0.16 (Port-of-Wisbech)	portofwisbech.co.uk
France
Autonomous Port of Paris	Seine	48°51′N 2°21′E / 48.85°N 2.35°E / 48.85; 2.35 (Autonomous-Port-of-Paris)
Lyon	Rhone	45°43′N 4°50′E / 45.71°N 4.83°E / 45.71; 4.83 (Port-of-Lyon)

•  United Kingdom : Runcorn Docks, England, United Kingdom, on the Manchester Ship Canal
•  United Kingdom : Weston Point Docks, England, United Kingdom, on the Manchester Ship Canal

•  Austria : Harbours in Vienna, Vienna, Austria, on Danube River
•  Belgium : Port of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, on Schelde River, Leie River and Ghent–Terneuzen Canal
•  Belgium : Port of Liège, Liège, Belgium, on Meuse River and Meuse Canals
•  Finland : Port of Lappeenranta, Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland, on Lake Saimaa.
•  Hungary : Port of Budapest, Hungary, on Danube
•  Ireland : Port of Waterford, Waterford, Ireland, on River Suir
•  Luxembourg : Mertert on Moselle River.
•  Netherlands : North- and East channel port Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, on Waal River.
•  Poland : Port of Warsaw, Poland, on Vistula
•  Russia : Port of Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, on Oka River
•  Russia : Port of Moscow, North River Terminal, South River Terminal, Moscow, Russia, on Moskva River and Moscow Canal
•  Serbia : Port of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, on Danube
•  Slovakia : Port of Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia on Danube River
•  Spain : Port of Seville, Seville, Spain, on River Guadalquivir
•  Sweden : Karlstad hamn Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden, on Klarälven.
•  Switzerland : Port of Basel, Switzerland, on Rhine.
•  Ukraine : Dnipro River Port, Dnipro, Ukraine, on Dnieper.
•  Ukraine : Kyiv River Port, Ukraine, on Dnieper.

See also

• Dry port
• Sea port

Notes

• Canada ranking from Transport Canada.
• Saint Lawrence Seaway distances from Seaway Handbook.
• United States ranking from American Association of Port Authorities.
• Upper Mississippi River distances from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
• Lower Mississippi River distances from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
• Ohio River distances from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
• Missouri River distances from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
• Mississippi Basin ports marked.
• Some ports were part of the Dubai Ports World controversy.

References