Dry Port

Dry Port, also known as inland port or无水港, refers to a logistics center located in inland areas that has port service functions such as customs declaration, inspection, and bill of lading issuance. It is connected to seaports by rail or road, allowing goods to complete export and import customs clearance procedures inland, effectively extending seaport functions to inland areas. Usage scenarios: Inland export enterprises can handle document submission, customs declaration, and container loading at the dry port nearby, then transport goods to the seaport for loading via multimodal transport; imports can also be picked up at the dry port. Precautions: A dry port is not a real port and does not border the sea, but it must have customs supervision site qualifications; its bill of lading is usually a multimodal transport bill of lading or transshipment bill of lading, and the scope of responsibility must be clearly defined. The difference from a 'seaport' lies in geographical location and functional completeness; the difference from an 'inland container yard' is that a dry port has core port functions such as customs clearance and bill of lading issuance.