inland port

collocation in English

meaningsofinlandandport

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inland
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɪn.lənd/us
/ˈɪn.lənd/
in the middle of a country, away from ...
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port
noun
uk
/pɔːt/us
/pɔːrt/
a town by the sea or by a river that has a harbour, or the ...
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(Definition ofinlandandportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have not just a terminal here but what is, virtually, aninlandport, where forwarding agents have their own private tenancies within railway property.
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We propose to license port wholesalers but no provision was made for the licensing ofinlandportwholesalers.
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He said that it might be convenient to an operator of hovercraft to have goods dealt with not at the port of entry but possibly at someinlandport.
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Today, skyskrapers have replaced the industrial structures that historically lined the riverbanks of the nations most significantinlandport.
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This differentiates aninlandportfrom a container depot or transport hub.
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Key features of aninlandportare the transfer of containers between different modes of transportation (intermodal transfer) and the processing of international trade.
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The town began as a limestone mining settlement and grew rapidly as a majorinlandport.
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Moncure once served as the westernmostinlandportin the state, as steamships could travel between it and the coast.
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In the 1920s, the canal was broadened and deepened again, lined with new industrial zones, and aninlandportwas built to receive the freightliners.
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This was the third largestinlandportin the country during the great river boat era of the mid-19th century.
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An "inlandport" is just such an inland site linked to a seaport.
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This kind ofinlandportdoes not require a waterway.
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Canal boat building was also an important industry with several dry docks in thisinlandport.
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The terminlandportmay also be used for a similar model of a site linked to an airport or land border crossing rather than a seaport.
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It is the nation's largestinlandport.
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There is also scope for the development of inland ports.
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But those inland ports that only tranship bulk freight should have an annual traffic volume of at least 500 000 tonnes of freight.
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All those projects involved inland ports and waterways that needed environmental assessments.
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The situation regarding inland ports is somewhat different.
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There are going to be more of these inland ports if we are to have a successful industry.
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