ABOUT THE ILC:

An Intermodal Logistics Center (ILC), also known as an Inland Port, is a physical site located away from traditional land, air and coastal borders with the vision to facilitate and process international trade through strategic investment in multi-modal transportation assets and by promoting value-added services as goods move through the supply chain.

An ILC is a more specialized facility that has come about with the advent of the shipping container in international transport. Rather than goods being loaded/unloaded in a seaport, shipping containers can just be transferred between ship and truck or ship and train;  transferred along road and rail to/from elsewhere where the goods are loaded/unloaded at their point of origin or final destination.

Shipping containers allow some functions traditionally carried out at a seaport to be moved elsewhere. Examples are the functions of receiving, processing through customs, inspecting, sorting, and consolidating containers going to the same overseas port. Container transfer at the seaport can be sped up and container handling space can be reduced by transferring functions to an inland site away from the port and coast.

Distribution may also be made more efficient by setting up the link between the inland site and seaport as, say, a high-capacity rail link with a lower unit cost than sending containers individually by road. The containers are still collected from their origins or distributed to their ultimate destinations by road with the transfer happening at the inland site.

                                                                                                              ~Wikipedia.org

ABOUT FLORIDA'S POTENTIAL ILC:

In 2006, The Port of Palm Beach formulated the concept of creating an "Inland Port" to circumvent the boundaries that limited their room for growth along the coast of Palm Beach County. Currently, there are 05 Inland Ports successfully operating in the United States. It was time for Florida to capitalize on this logistical jewel. While the Port of Palm Beach will most benefit from a Florida ILC, studies are underway to see that other seaports in south, west and east Florida would see an ease and increase in cargo movement, too. An ILC would also ease cargo transportation along South Florida's community and major roadways, and the amount of container traffic along the coastal railways, which congest many towns during rush-hours.

THE NEED FOR FLORIDA'S ILC:

Cambridge Final Report on Inland Port - June 2007

 

Martin & Associates Market Assessment Analysis - April 2008

THE BENEFITS OF FLORIDA'S ILC:

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