b'10American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(EXPANDINGcontinuedtwo-year old Ever Fortune is from page 7) oneofTaiwan-basedEver-originaldateof2025.Thegreen Marines F-Class ships location for the new terminalandis1,096-feetlong,159-is at Contrecoeur25 milesfeet wide, enclosing 19-con-downstream on the St. Law- tainercellsacross,designed rence Riverwhere there istohold12,100TEUswith alreadybulkshippingactiv- amaximumloadeddraftof ity. Leo Ryan, AJOTs Cana- slightlyover50-feet.For dian correspondent, wrote ofMassport,demonstratingthe the new deal: Upon comple- ability to handle line haul size tion, the terminal will be ablevessels is key to attracting and to handle 1.15 million TEUskeeping liner services to the andwillboosttheportsPort. And in March Massport capacityfrom2.1millionwasabletoattractahighly TEUs to 3.5 million TEUs. soughtafternewserviceto Actual construction wouldVietnam.ZIMLineswill beginin2023.Thefacilitydeployabi-weeklyservice willbeabletoaccommo- connectingSoutheastAsia date vessels between 39,000with the Northeast U.S. The DWT and 75,400 DWT. ThenewservicewilllinkSouth CanadaInfrastructureBankChina and Vietnam to Boston has provided $300 million forvia the Suez Canal. This is an the project while the Quebecimportant connection for the Government is adding anotherPort as South China and Viet-$55milliongrants.(Mon- nam are two key regions for treal Gateway Terminal) andlocal importers.Termont(Logistecgroup),(EXPANDINGcontinued the ports two main terminalon page 12) The Port of Halifaxs main calling card is the on-dock-rail which enables cargo to be shifted to markets to the West.operators,havebeenhold-ing discussions on a possible joint venture in the new facil-ity. Although given the entry ofplayerslikePSAInter-national(seeabove)tothe Canadian market, options for anoutsideterminaloperator are still wide open.In New England a number of ports are looking at proj-ects to lift their future pros-pects. For example, the Port of Portland, Maine which is servedbytheIcelandiccar-rierEimskip,theIcelandic carrierhasforyearstried togetarefrigeratedware-housefacilitybuiltonthe Portswaterfront.Backin 2015 Americold was going to develop a cold storage facil-ity, but they eventually pulled outoftheprojectin2018. Recentlytheprojectwas revivedas TreadwellFrank-lin Infrastructure and Amber Infrastructure teamed up with Eimskip to develop a 120,000 sq/fttemperature-controlled facilityonthestate-owned propertylocatednexttothe InternationalMarineTermi-nal.Thedealsstructureis that the State of Maine would leasethelandfora50-year periodtothedevelopersof the cold storage facility. Ide-ally,thefacilitywouldpro-vide a hub for Maines cold storagebusinessesthatnow rely largely on facilities based in Massachusetts.The Port of Boston which is the largest container port in NewEnglandhasbeenpre-paring to be Big Ship Ready since the Panama Canals expan-sion back in 2016. So, when the container ship Ever For-tunearrivedinthePortof Boston and berthed at Mass-portsConleyTerminalin South Boston on January 16, 2022,itbecamethelargest containershipevertocallat thePort.Morethanamari-time milestone, the ship call representsareal-timetesta-ment to the Port of Bostons BigShipcapabilities. The'