With farms normally having no direct access to rail terminals or inland ports, short distance
transports from farm to warehouse have to be performed by truck. Only a small part goes directly
to a factory for processing or to the export port. Long-distance transports from warehouse to
port are either realized by trucks or by intermodal transportation, which includes road and rail or
road and waterway transport. The cargo is shipped to the export port where it is first stored or
directly loaded onto the cargo ship. Operations within the port area are conducted either by the
port operator or by the concessionaire, which is in most cases a trading company (ANONYMOUS 2,
2012).