Port of Boston

Massport completes major improvements at Boston’s container terminal

The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) has announced the completion of infrastructure upgrades at the port of Boston’s Paul W. Conley Container Terminal.

Boston’s box terminal will now offer direct connectivity to China, North Europe, Southeast Asia including Vietnam and India, the Mediterranean, Middle East and Latin America through five services, with a sixth service scheduled to start in October, while it offered only two services before the improvement plan. Additionally, the terminal...

https://container-news.com/massport-completes-major-improvements-at-bostons-container-terminal/

Port of Boston gets new connection to Vietnam

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. 

According to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-boston-gets-new-connection-to-vietnam

Port of Boston handles largest container ship in its history

Conley Container Terminal has handled Evergreen’s Ever Fortune, the largest container ship to ever call at the Port of Boston, on 16 January.

The Port of Boston said that the 11,850 TEU ship’s arrival reflects its US$850 million investment to modernise and expand Conley Terminal and dredge Boston Harbor, including the addition of three large ship-to-shore cranes, a new deep-water berth and a deepened Boston Harbor.

Conley Terminal, New England’s only full-service container gateway, is now...

https://container-news.com/port-of-boston-handles-largest-container-ship-in-its-history/

Massport upgrades looks to bring bigger ships to New England

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/massport-upgrades-looks-to-bring-bigger-ships-to-new-england

FreightWaves Classics: America’s first lighthouse went “on line” 305 years ago

The Boston Light. (Photo: massmoments.org)

A lighthouse on what is now named Little Brewster Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor began to operate on this day in 1716. The lighthouse was called the Boston Light.

An earlier FreightWaves Classics article outlined the history of lighthouses in the United States. As noted in that article, ships today have navigational and communications aids that were almost unthinkable even 50 years ago, much less in the 1700s. Back then (and ever since) lighthouses signaled mariners as they approached...

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FreightWaves Classics: Port of Boston was America’s first seaport

A photo of Conley Terminal, part of the Port of Boston complex. (Photo: Port of Boston)

This is the first in an ongoing series of articles on U.S. ports.

America’s ports are a key part of the U.S. transportation network. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, maritime vessels carry 53% and 38% of U.S. imports and exports, respectively, by value.

Among U.S. airports, seaports and border crossings, the Port of Boston ranked 69th in imports/exports at the end of 2020. While it is no longer among the nation’s busiest ports, it remains both an active and historic port.

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