Dry ports have become a very important part of globalization and a cornerstone in port competitiveness. Based on the analytic hierarchy process, this paper established the dry port index system to evaluate the potential location of dry ports linked to the port system in the Pearl River Delta, in a case study covering 115 cities in the Pan -Pearl River Delta. T he results show that it is optimal to locate 21 dry ports in the research region, and each dry port serves different areas. There are 4

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... ptimal transport corridors for the dry port logistic network, including Guangzhou-Kunming transport corridor Guangzhou-Chengdu transport corridor, Guangzhou-Changsha transport corridor and Shenzhen-Nanchang transport corridor.