The Broward County Commission has confirmed the appointment of Joseph Morris as port director at Port Everglades, Fla. He is currently the port director at Massport (the Massachusetts Port Authority) where he has served for four years, originally as deputy port director of operations. He is expected to take up his new position at Port Everglades on July 15, 2024.
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The Port of Boston will be part of a trade route that starts in Yantian, China, and stops at Cai Mep, Vietnam, according to the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport).
Massport said the new arrangement with international shipping line Zim will benefit New England companies seeking to increase business ties with Vietnam.
Zim’s biweekly service aims to connect Southeast Asia with the U.S. Northeast via the Suez Canal. The rotation will also have stops in Baltimore and New York.
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New England aims to build upon its shipping prowess as the Port of Boston celebrates a number of facility improvements to serve bigger ships from the world’s busiest shipping lines.
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is in the final stages of its $850 million project to become “big ship ready” as it has dredged Boston Harbor; purchased three additional ship-to-shore container cranes; constructed a berth to accommodate vessels carrying 14,000 twenty-foot equivalent units; and built a...
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Massport, which runs the port of Boston as well as the city’s Logan Airport, is one of the winners of Washington’s latest splurge on infrastructure.
It has been allocated $20m of federal funding for renovation and expansion work on its Conley container terminal.
The project, which has a total bill of $65.8m, aims to boost the port terminal’s yard capacity by 30%, as well as set up a new gateway …
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Massport will receive a USD 20 million grant from the US government for the upgrade of the Conley Container Terminal.
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) has appointed Lisa Wieland (pictured above) as its new chief executive, for a five-year term.
Ms Wieland is currently port director, a position she has held since 2015 and which has seen her increase port revenues, advance critical infrastructure projects such as the Boston Harbour Dredging Project, and set all-time records for container volume at Conley Container Terminal and passengers and ships at Flynn Boston Cruiseport.
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The Massachusetts Port Authority is planning to issue more than $1 billion in new debt in coming years as it embarks on a series of projects designed to accommodate more passenger flights, larger cruise ships and larger container vessels in Boston.
Speaking to a conference of investors who could buy some of the agency’s debt, acting MassPort CEO John Pranckevicius touted some of the projects planned for Logan Airport, Conley Container Terminal in South Boston and the Ray Flynn Cruiseport as...