thumb|250px|The [[Port of Lappeenranta on the Lake Saimaa in Lappeenranta, Finland]]

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.

thumb|700px|center|The [[Port of Vancouver, Canada's busiest port]]

List of inland waterway ports

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Africa

  • : Port of Boma, Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo River
  • : Port of Ilebo, Ilebo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasai River
  • : Port of Matadi, Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo River
  • : Port of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo River
  • : Port of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo River
  • : Port of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
  • : Inland port of Ismaïlia on the Suez Canal, Ismailia, Egypt
  • : Mlawula Inland Port, Mlawula, eSwatini (Proposed)
  • : Boankra
  • : Kisumu Inland Port, Kisumu, Kenya, on Lake Victoria
  • : Kenitra Inland Port, Kenitra, Morocco, on Sebou River
  • : Juba Inland Port, Juba, South Sudan, on the White Nile River
  • : Bukoba Inland Port, Bukoba, Tanzania, on Lake Victoria
  • : Mwanza Inland Port, Mwanza, Tanzania, on Lake Victoria
  • : Kigoma Inland Port, Kigoma, Tanzania, on Lake Tanganyika
  • : Bukasa Inland Port, Kira Town, Uganda, on Lake Victoria
  • : Jinja Inland Port, Jinja, on Lake Victoria
  • : Port Bell Inland Port, Port Bell, Uganda on Lake Victoria

Asia

Inland rivers

{|class="wikitable"

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Port

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Water body

|-

|bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="7" |

Bangladesh

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|Port of Ashuganj

|Meghna River, Ganges Delta

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|Port of Dhaka

|Buriganga River, Ganges Delta

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|Port of Narayanganj

|Shitalakshya River, Ganges Delta

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|Port of Khulna

|Bhairab River, Ganges Delta

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|Port of Pangaon

|Buriganga River, Ganges Delta

|-

|bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="6" |

Cambodia

|-

|Phnom Penh Autonomous Port

|Mekong River

|-

|bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="6" |

China

|-

|Port of Nanjing

|Yangtze River

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|Port of Wuhan

|Yangtze River

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|Port of Chongqing

|Yangtze River

|-

|Port of Suzhou

|Yangtze River

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|Port of Nantong

|Yangtze River

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|Port of Jiangyin

|Yangtze River

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|Luzhou

|Yangtze River

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|Yibin

|Yangtze River

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|Yangzhou

|Yangtze River, on China Grand Canal

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|Jining

|China Grand Canal

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|Huai'an

|China Grand Canal, on Huai River

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|Rongqi Port, Shunde

|Bei River

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|Jiangmen

|Xi River

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|Zhaoqing

|Xi River

|-

|bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="6" |

India

|-

|Port of Budge Budge

|Ganges River

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|Port of Dhulian

|Ganges River (Padma)

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|Dhubri Port

|Brahmaputra River

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|Port of Farakka

|Ganges River

|-

|Port of Jogigopa

|Brahmaputra River

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|Haldia Inland Port

|Hooghly River, Ganges Delta

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|Port of Kolaghat

|Rupnarayan River

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|Port of Tamluk-Tamralipta

|Rupnarayan River

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|Kolkata Inland Port

|Hooghly River, Ganges Delta

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|Port of Maia

|Ganges River (Padma)

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|Port of Pakur

|Ganges River

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|Port of Patna

|Ganges River

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|Port of Sahebganj

|Ganges River

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|Port of Varanasi

|Ganges River

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|bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="6" |

Russia

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|Barnaul

|Ob River, on Barnaulka River

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|Biysk

|Biya River

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|Krasnoyarsk

|Yenisei River

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|Yakutsk

|Lena River

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|bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="6" |

Thailand

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|Ha Chiang Port

|Mekong River

|-

|}

Europe

thumb|[[Duisburg Inner Harbour]]

thumb|[[Port of Bratislava at night]]

thumb|right|North River Port in [[Moscow]]

Inland rivers

{|class="wikitable"

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Port

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Water body

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Coordinates

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Website

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Features and notes

  • : Port of Budapest, Hungary, on Danube
  • : Port of Waterford, Waterford, Ireland, on River Suir
  • : Mertert on Moselle River.
  • : North- and East channel port Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, on Waal River.
  • : Port of Warsaw, Poland, on Vistula
  • : Port of Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, on Oka River
  • : Port of Moscow, North River Terminal, South River Terminal, Moscow, Russia, on Moskva River and Moscow Canal
  • : Port of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, on Danube
  • : Port of Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia on Danube River
  • : Port of Seville, Seville, Spain, on River Guadalquivir
  • : Karlstad hamn Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden, on Klarälven.
  • : Port of Basel, Switzerland, on Rhine.
  • : Dnipro River Port, Dnipro, Ukraine, on Dnieper.
  • : Kyiv River Port, Ukraine, on Dnieper.

North America

Great Lakes

{|class="wikitable"

|bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="6" |

Canada

|-

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Port

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Province

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Water body

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Coordinates

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Website

!bgcolor="lightblue"| Features and notes

|-

|St. Paul

|MN

|upper Mississippi River, 839&nbsp;mi. L ||

|}

South America

  • : San Lorenzo-Puerto General San Martín Port Complex, San Lorenzo and Puerto General San Martín, Santa Fe, Argentina, on Paraná River
  • : Port of Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, on Paraná River
  • : Port of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires (province), Argentina, on Paraná River
  • : Puerto Aguirre, Puerto Quijarro, Bolivia, on Tamengo Canal
  • : Puerto Busch, Bolivia, on Paraguay River
  • : Port of Guayaramerín, Guayaramerín, Bolivia, on Mamoré River
  • : Port of Riberalta, Riberalta, Bolivia on Madre de Dios River and Beni River
  • : Port of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on Guaíba Lake
  • : Port of Porto Velho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil, on Madeira River
  • : Port of Manaus, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, on Rio Negro
  • : Port of Santana, Santana, Amapá, Brazil, on Amazon River
  • : Port of Santarém, Santarém, Pará, Brazil, on Tapajós and Amazon rivers
  • : Port of Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay, on Paraguay River
  • : Port of Encarnación, Encarnación, Itapúa Department, Paraguay, on Paraná River
  • : Port of San Antonio, San Antonio, Central Department, Paraguay, on Paraguay River
  • : Port of Villeta, Villeta, Central Department, Paraguay, on Paraguay River

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