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Used pallets in Front Royal, VA
Front Royal is home to the Virginia Inland Port, 159 acres of Norfolk Southern intermodal terminal with 78,000 TEUs of capacity, positioned to serve Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and DC. Containers arrive, get unloaded, and the pallets they carry go to the plants and distributors around it.
The inland port and what feeds it
Warren County’s 50 largest employers include Axalta Coatings Systems, Family Dollar Services, Sysco, Interbake Foods, Ferguson Enterprises, Toray Plastics of America, Nature’s Touch Frozen Food and Capstone Logistics. That is coatings, retail distribution, foodservice distribution, a bakery, plastics, frozen food and a logistics provider.
An intermodal terminal brings in import freight in containers, and import freight often arrives on euro pallets or on wood marked for export. See the euro pallet page and the stamp guide for how they differ from domestic stock.
Rail and highway
The port is served by Norfolk Southern rail, and Front Royal sits at the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley. It is a long drive from the District, so the loads that come from here are large ones: a dock with a trailer a week, or a distributor that clears a warehouse.
At a glance
| Detail | |
|---|---|
| ZIP code | 22630 |
| Population | 15,628 (Census estimate, July 2024) |
| Inland port | 159 acres, 78,000 TEUs, Norfolk Southern |
| Largest employers include | Axalta, Family Dollar Services, Sysco, Interbake, Toray, Capstone Logistics |
What we ask about a Front Royal load
Are the pallets domestic or imported? A stamped, heat-treated pallet from an import container is not the same as a domestic stringer pallet, and the stamp tells you where it came from. Foodservice and frozen-food docks should say how the pallets were stored, since cold and damp are hard on wood. Then the count by size.
The inland port, in figures
| Fact | Figure |
|---|---|
| Area | 159 acres |
| Capacity | 78,000 TEUs |
| Rail | Norfolk Southern |
| Reach | Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and DC |
| County | Warren |
Port of Virginia, Virginia Inland Port fact sheet, 2026.
Warren County’s employers
| Employer | Business | Pallet picture |
|---|---|---|
| Axalta Coatings Systems | Coatings | Drums and pails on pallets; check for spills |
| Family Dollar Services | Retail distribution | Standard 48x40, high volume |
| Sysco | Foodservice distribution | Food-contact, high volume |
| Interbake Foods | Bakery | Uniform outbound pallets |
| Toray Plastics of America | Plastics | Rolls and film; heavy loads |
| Nature’s Touch Frozen Food | Frozen food | Cold and damp; check moisture |
| Capstone Logistics | Logistics services | Mixed |
What an import container leaves behind
Containers arrive full of goods on pallets, and the pallets remain after the goods are unloaded. Some carry the ISPM 15 mark and some are euro pallets. Neither is a problem; both are sold to docks that use them. The point is to know which is which, and to count them separately.
We ask the receiver to tell us how many are marked, how many are euro and how many are plain domestic stock. Three piles are worth more than one.
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ZIP codes
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Questions
- What is the Virginia Inland Port?
- A 159-acre intermodal terminal in Front Royal with 78,000 TEUs of capacity, served by Norfolk Southern rail.
- What ZIP code is Front Royal?
- 22630.
- What is a TEU?
- A twenty-foot equivalent unit, the standard measure of container capacity. The Virginia Inland Port handles up to 78,000.
- Which states can the port reach?
- Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and the District.
- How many people live in Front Royal?
- 15,628 in the Census estimate for July 2024.