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Government, Business, Logistics

Inland Corn Belt Ports Seek Infrastructure Funds, More Freight

Barge docked at grain distribution facility

Increasing freight capacity and attracting more infrastructure investments are likely outcomes of a recent federal designation expanding the inland Corn Belt Ports to span five Midwestern states.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
February 1, 2023
Business, Logistics

New Inland Port Opens in North Carolina

As the nation’s major seaports experience more congestion, another inland port facility will help to move freight along the Eastern Seaboard. The Carolina Connector, near Rocky Mount, N.C., is where shipping containers are transferred between trucks and trains.

November 19, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

More Shipping Through the Mississippi: The Push for Inland Port Development

Development and projected growth of inland ports, particularly in the Midwest, is increasingly critical to the nation’s supply chain.

Lianna Norman | Special to Transport Topics
June 20, 2019
Government, Business

Southeast Ports Experiment With Inland Terminals Boosting Shorthaul Intermodal

WASHINGTON — Shippers traditionally hire trucking companies to move loads within 500 miles but place some of their longhaul freight on the railroads, however port authorities are beginning to successfully use intermodal service to divert truck traffic from congested container terminals.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
January 9, 2018
Government, Logistics

Illinois Inland Port Study Delayed by State Funding Holdup

DECATUR, Ill. — More than three years after state grants were authorized to help develop the Midwest Inland Port, the city of Decatur, Ill., is still waiting.

Allison Petty | Herald & Review (Decatur, Ill.)
June 20, 2017
TCA

Central Washington Town Aims to Be Inland Port for Global Shipping

Informal talks are under way in Washington to transform the Port of Quincy's mostly idle shipping terminal into an “inland port” for delivering trucked containers by rail to West Coast docks.

Mike Irwin | The Wenatchee (Wash.) World
May 24, 2017

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