\u201cThe dryport concept is based on a seaport directly connected by rail to inland intermodal terminals, where shippers can leave and\/or collect their goods in intermodal loading units as if directly at the sea port,\u201d she says. \u201cBesides the general benefits to the ecological environment and the quality of life by shifting flows from road to rail, the dryport concept increases the sea ports\u2019 throughput without physical port expansion.<\/p>\n
This brings a competitive advantage to the sea port, since it improves the port\u2019s access to areas outside its traditional hinterland, says Ms Roso.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is closely related to regional development that results from the establishment of new businesses in the area once the necessary logistics infrastructure is in place.\u201d<\/p>\n
And here, there is perhaps a four \u201cE\u201d to be considered \u2013 employment. UK councillor John Hinton says: \u201cThe more employment we can secure in port-related activities and keep in our area rather than allowing it to \u2018escape\u2019 to other areas, the better for us and our local economy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The use of a dryport should reduce CO\u00b2 emissions, queues and long waiting times at sea port terminals, and reduce road accidents, says Violeta Roso, who wrote her PhD thesis on \u2018The Dry Port Concept\u2019 at Chalmers University of Technology\u2019s Logistics and Transportation Division, in Gothenburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-1655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-container-cargo-handling"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-congress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-congress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-congress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-congress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-congress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-congress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1657,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-congress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1655\/revisions\/1657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-congress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-congress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-congress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-congress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1655"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport-congress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=1655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}