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.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers 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.
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Port of | Water body | Coords. | Website | Features & notes[18] | |
Germany edit | |||||
Duisburg Inland Port | Rhine River | 51°27′N 6°45′W / 51.45°N 6.75°W | duisport.de | ||
Dortmund Port | Dortmund–Ems Canal | 51°32′N 7°26′W / 51.53°N 7.44°W | e-port-dortmund.de | ||
United Kingdom edit | |||||
Port of London | River Thames | 51°30′N 0°03′W / 51.50°N 0.05°W | pla.co.uk | ||
Port of Manchester(including Manchester Docks) | River Mersey | 51°30′N 0°03′W / 51.50°N 0.05°W | pla.co.uk | Was closed in 1982; being renovated as the Atlantic Gateway | |
Port of Bristol | River Avon | 51°30′N 2°42′E / 51.50°N 2.70°E | bristolport.co.uk | ||
Gloucester Docks | Gloucester and Sharpness Canal | 51°52′N 2°15′E / 51.86°N 2.25°E | visitgloucester.co.uk | ||
Goole | River Ouse and Aire and Calder Navigation | 51°52′N 2°15′E / 51.86°N 2.25°E | abports.co.uk | ||
France edit | |||||
Autonomous Port of Paris | Seine | 48°51′N 2°21′W / 48.85°N 2.35°W | |||
Lyon | Rhone | 45°43′N 4°50′W / 45.71°N 4.83°W |
Canada edit | |||||
Port of / de | Prov. | Water body | Coords. | Website | Features & notes[18] |
Oshawa | ON | Lake Ontario | 43°53′N 78°52′W / 43.89°N 78.86°W | ||
Toronto | ON | Lake Ontario196n. mi. L[20] | 43°40′01″N 79°25′01″W / 43.667°N 79.417°W | torontoport.com | CA rank: 16 |
Hamilton | ON | Lake Ontario | 43°16′N 79°51′W / 43.26°N 79.85°W | hamiltonport.ca | CA rank: 8 |
Windsor | ON | Detroit River | 42°17′N 83°05′W / 42.29°N 83.09°W | portwindsor.com | CA rank: 11 |
Sarnia | ON | St. Clair River | 42°58′01″N 82°24′00″W / 42.967°N 82.4°W | ||
Goderich | ON | Lake Huron | 43°43′59″N 81°42′00″W / 43.733°N 81.7°W | ||
Sault Ste. Marie | ON | Lake Superior | 46°32′N 84°21′W / 46.53°N 84.35°W | ||
Thunder Bay | ON | Lake Superior | 48°25′N 89°17′W / 48.42°N 89.28°W | Thunder Bay Port Authority | CA rank: 9 |
Kingston | ON | Lake Ontario / Saint Lawrence River | |||
Nanticoke | ON | Lake Erie | |||
United States edit | |||||
Port of | State | Water body | Coords. | Website | Features & notes[21] |
Oswego | NY | Lake Ontario | 43°27′29″N 76°30′11″W / 43.458°N 76.503°W | ||
Buffalo | NY | Lake Erie | 42°52′41″N 78°53′42″W / 42.878°N 78.895°W | portofbuffalo.com | US rank: 125 |
Erie | PA | Lake Erie283n. mi. L[20] | 42°09′07″N 80°04′05″W / 42.152°N 80.068°W | ||
Conneaut | OH | Lake Erie | 41°58′01″N 80°32′56″W / 41.967°N 80.549°W | US rank: 79 | |
Ashtabula | OH | Lake Erie | 41°55′08″N 80°47′31″W / 41.919°N 80.792°W | US rank: 64 | |
Fairport Harbor | OH | Lake Erie | 41°46′01″N 81°17′38″W / 41.767°N 81.294°W | US rank: 116 | |
Cleveland | OH | Lake Erie | 41°28′44″N 81°40′19″W / 41.479°N 81.672°W | portofcleveland.com | Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, US rank: 47 |
Lorain | OH | Lake Erie | 41°28′55″N 82°11′42″W / 41.482°N 82.195°W | US rank: 143 | |
Huron | OH | Lake Erie | 41°24′18″N 82°32′38″W / 41.405°N 82.544°W | US rank: 149 | |
Sandusky | OH | Lake Erie | 41°28′12″N 82°42′43″W / 41.47°N 82.712°W | US rank: 98 | |
Marblehead | OH | Lake Erie | 41°31′48″N 82°42′32″W / 41.53°N 82.709°W | US rank: 91 | |
Toledo | OH | Lake Erie | 41°39′47″N 83°30′29″W / 41.663°N 83.508°W | toledoportauthority.org | Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, US rank: 48 |
Monroe | MI | Lake Erie | 41°54′54″N 83°23′28″W / 41.915°N 83.391°W | US rank: 96 | |
Detroit | MI | Detroit River | 42°16′08″N 83°06′36″W / 42.269°N 83.11°W | portdetroit.com | Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, US rank: 42 |
Marine City | MI | St. Clair River | 42°42′54″N 82°30′07″W / 42.715°N 82.502°W | ||
St. Clair | MI | St. Clair River | 42°49′37″N 82°29′38″W / 42.827°N 82.494°W | US rank: 57 | |
Marysville | MI | St. Clair River | 42°49′37″N 82°28′52″W / 42.827°N 82.481°W | ||
Alpena | MI | Lake Huron | 45°03′22″N 83°25′19″W / 45.056°N 83.422°W | US rank: 100 | |
Stoneport Harbor | MI | Lake Huron | 45°16′52″N 83°28′12″W / 45.281°N 83.47°W | US rank: 68 | |
Port Calcite | MI | Lake Huron | 45°23′35″N 83°46′34″W / 45.393°N 83.776°W | US rank: 73 | |
Charlevoix | MI | Lake Michigan | 45°18′47″N 85°14′35″W / 45.313°N 85.243°W | ||
Manistee | MI | Lake Michigan | 44°15′04″N 86°20′38″W / 44.251°N 86.344°W | ||
Muskegon | MI | Lake Michigan | 43°11′42″N 86°21′00″W / 43.195°N 86.35°W | US rank: 117 | |
Grand Haven | MI | Lake Michigan | 43°04′01″N 86°14′10″W / 43.067°N 86.236°W | US rank: 145 | |
Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor | IN | Lake Michigan | 41°38′35″N 87°09′18″W / 41.643°N 87.155°W | portsofindiana.com/burns_harbor | US rank: 67 |
Gary | IN | Lake Michigan | 41°36′43″N 87°19′30″W / 41.612°N 87.325°W | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District | US rank: 58 |
Buffington | IN | Lake Michigan | 41°38′42″N 87°24′58″W / 41.645°N 87.416°W | US rank: 128 | |
Indiana Harbor | IN | Lake Michigan | 41°40′34″N 87°26′42″W / 41.676°N 87.445°W | US rank: 49 | |
Chicago | IL | Lake Michigan | 41°53′13″N 87°38′17″W / 41.887°N 87.638°W | theportofchicago.com Archived 2016-05-03 at the Wayback Machine | US rank: 36 |
Milwaukee | WI | Lake Michigan | 42°59′17″N 87°54′00″W / 42.988°N 87.9°W | www.port.mil.wi.us milwaukee.gov | US rank: 95 |
Green Bay | WI | Lake Michigan | 44°30′58″N 88°01′05″W / 44.516°N 88.018°W | portofgreenbay.com | US rank: 108 |
Escanaba | MI | Lake Michigan | 45°44′02″N 87°01′30″W / 45.734°N 87.025°W | US rank: 75 | |
Port Inland | MI | Lake Michigan | 45°57′18″N 85°51′47″W / 45.955°N 85.863°W | US rank: 76 | |
Port Dolomite | MI | Lake Huron | 45°59′06″N 84°16′30″W / 45.985°N 84.275°W | US rank: 83 | |
Drummond Island | MI | St Marys River | 45°59′31″N 83°53′10″W / 45.992°N 83.886°W | US rank: 130 | |
Marquette | MI | Lake Superior | 46°30′40″N 87°17′13″W / 46.511°N 87.287°W | US rank: 135 | |
Presque Isle Harbor | MI | Lake Superior | 46°34′37″N 87°23′06″W / 46.577°N 87.385°W | US rank: 54 | |
Twin Ports of Duluth-Superior | MN, WI | Lake Superior | 46°46′41″N 92°05′46″W / 46.778°N 92.096°W | duluthport.com | US rank: 18 |
Two Harbors | MN | Lake Superior | 47°00′14″N 91°39′47″W / 47.004°N 91.663°W | US rank: 41 | |
Silver Bay | MN | Lake Superior | 47°17′02″N 91°16′34″W / 47.284°N 91.276°W | US rank: 65 | |
Taconite | MN | Lake Superior | 47°31′23″N 90°55′44″W / 47.523°N 90.929°W | ||
Sault Ste. Marie | MI | St. Marys River |
Canada edit | ||||||
Port of / de | Prov. | Water body | Coords. | Website | Features & notes[18] | |
Port-Cartier | QC | St Lawrence River | 49°57′00″N 66°58′01″W / 49.95°N 66.967°W | qcmines.com | ||
Baie-Comeau | QC | St Lawrence River | 49°14′20″N 68°07′44″W / 49.239°N 68.129°W | tc.gc.ca | ||
Saguenay | QC | Saguenay River | 48°24′07″N 70°49′55″W / 48.402°N 70.832°W | portsaguenay.ca | CA rank: 18 | |
Québec | QC | St Lawrence River | 46°48′47″N 71°13′08″W / 46.813°N 71.219°W | portquebec.ca | CA rank: 5 | |
Trois-Rivières | QC | St Lawrence River | 46°21′N 72°33′W / 46.35°N 72.55°W | porttr.com | CA rank: 15 | |
Montréal | QC | St Lawrence Seaway, St Lawrence River On. mi. L[20] 1000 n. mi. to deep water | 45°30′32″N 73°33′14″W / 45.509°N 73.554°W | port-montreal.com | CA rank: 4 | |
United States edit | ||||||
Port of | State | Water body | Coords. | Website | Features & notes[21] | |
Minneapolis | MN | upper Mississippi River, 839 mi. R[22] | 44°59′38″N 93°16′26″W / 44.994°N 93.274°W | Closed[23] | ||
St. Paul | MN | upper Mississippi River, 839 mi. L[22] | 44°57′07″N 93°03′43″W / 44.952°N 93.062°W | US rank: 74 | ||
Rock Island | IL | upper Mississippi River, 483 mi. L[22] | 41°29′20″N 90°34′01″W / 41.489°N 90.567°W | |||
St. Louis and East St. Louis | MO, IL | upper Mississippi River 180 mi. R,[22] Missouri River 0 mi. R[24] | 38°34′N 90°14′W / 38.57°N 90.23°W | missouriports.org | US rank: 24 | |
Cairo | IL | Mississippi River lower 954 mi. L,[25] upper 0 mi. L;[22] Ohio River 981 mi. R[26] | 37°00′47″N 89°10′01″W / 37.013°N 89.167°W | |||
Memphis | TN | Mississippi River, 735 mi. L[25] | 35°10′55″N 90°03′43″W / 35.182°N 90.062°W | portofmemphis.com | US rank: 45 | |
Helena | AR | Mississippi River, 663 mi. R[25] | 34°31′19″N 90°34′59″W / 34.522°N 90.583°W | US rank: 120 | ||
Greenville | MS | Mississippi River, 532 mi. R[25] | 33°21′32″N 91°07′37″W / 33.359°N 91.127°W | US rank: 90 | ||
Vicksburg | MS | Mississippi River, 436 mi. L[25] | 32°20′06″N 90°54′04″W / 32.335°N 90.901°W | US rank: 81 | ||
Natchez | MS | Mississippi River, 363 mi. L[25] | 31°33′14″N 91°23′17″W / 31.554°N 91.388°W | |||
Baton Rouge | LA | Mississippi River, 228 mi. R[25] | 30°25′23″N 91°11′56″W / 30.423°N 91.199°W | portgbr.com | US rank: 14 | |
New Orleans | LA | Mississippi River, 103 mi. L[25] | 29°54′50″N 90°05′06″W / 29.914°N 90.085°W | portno.com | US rank: 7[27] | |
Sioux City | IA | Missouri River, 732 mi. L[24] | 42°29′20″N 96°25′05″W / 42.489°N 96.418°W | [28] | ||
Lewiston | ID | Columbia River | 46°26′02″N 116°56′06″W / 46.434°N 116.935°W | portoflewiston.com | ||
Kansas City | MO | Missouri River, 370 mi. R[24] | 39°06′54″N 94°36′29″W / 39.115°N 94.608°W | kcportauthority.com | US rank: 52[28] | |
Pittsburgh | PA | Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio rivers, 0 mi.[26] | 40°26′31″N 80°00′58″W / 40.442°N 80.016°W | port.pittsburgh.pa.us | US rank: 22[28] | |
Huntington | WV, KY, OH | Ohio River, 309 mi. L, elev. 515 ft.[26] | 38°26′02″N 82°25′12″W / 38.434°N 82.42°W | US rank: 10[28] | ||
Cincinnati | OH | Ohio River, 472 mi. R[26] | 39°05′38″N 84°30′18″W / 39.094°N 84.505°W | US rank: 43[28] | ||
Louisville | KY | Ohio River, 604 mi. L[26] | 38°15′50″N 85°45′40″W / 38.264°N 85.761°W | US rank: 66[28] | ||
Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville | IN | Ohio River | portsofindiana.com/jeffersonville | |||
Tell City Riverport | IN | Ohio River, 727 mi. R[26] | 37°56′17″N 86°46′05″W / 37.938°N 86.768°W | www.pcrailport.net | ||
Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon | IN | Ohio River, 829 mi. R[26] | 37°55′19″N 87°52′30″W / 37.922°N 87.875°W | portsofindiana.com/mount_vernon | US rank: 69[28] | |
Nashville | TN | Cumberland River | 36°09′54″N 86°46′30″W / 36.165°N 86.775°W | US rank: 86[28] | ||
Chattanooga | TN | Tennessee River | 35°01′26″N 85°19′37″W / 35.024°N 85.327°W | US rank: 105[28] | ||
Birmingport | AL | Black Warrior River – Locust Fork | ||||
Guntersville | AL | Tennessee River | 34°22′26″N 86°17′17″W / 34.374°N 86.288°W | US rank: 110[28] | ||
Decatur | AL | Tennessee River | 34°34′52″N 86°58′59″W / 34.581°N 86.983°W | decaturtransit.com | [28] | |
Tuscaloosa – Northport | AL | Black Warrior River | ||||
Montgomery | AL | Alabama River | ||||
Tulsa | OK | Arkansas River | 36°13′05″N 95°44′24″W / 36.218°N 95.74°W | tulsaport.com Tulsa USACE: Kerr-McClellan Arkansas River Navigation System |
Kerr/McClellan Navigational Channel,[28] | |
Shreveport-Bossier | LA | Red River | 32°30′54″N 93°44′24″W / 32.515°N 93.74°W | portsb.com | [28] | |
Albany | NY | Hudson River | 42°38′35″N 73°44′53″W / 42.643°N 73.748°W | portofalbany.com | US rank: 63 | |
Port Columbus | GA | Chattahoochee River | 32°27′00″N 84°58′59″W / 32.45°N 84.983°W | |||
Port Bainbridge | GA | Lake Seminole | 30°54′18″N 84°34′16″W / 30.905°N 84.571°W | gaports.com | ||
Walla Walla | WA | Columbia, Snake rivers | 46°03′54″N 118°19′48″W / 46.065°N 118.33°W | portwallawalla.com | ||
Portland | OR | Columbia, Willamette rivers | 45°33′40″N 122°42′39″W / 45.561223°N 122.710922°W | portofportland.com | U.S. Rank: 28 | |
Sacramento | CA | Sacramento River | 38°33′22″N 121°28′08″W / 38.556°N 121.469°W | portofsacramento.com | ||
Stockton | CA | San Joaquin River | 37°57′11″N 121°18′58″W / 37.953°N 121.316°W | portofstockton.com | US rank: 111 | |
Port of Philadelphia | PA | Delaware River | ||||
Port of Richmond | VA | James River | [29] |