b'JUNE 20 - JULY 24, 2022NORTH AMERICAS TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS N EWSPAPER 11SPONSORED CONTENTPort of Boston augments global services, enhances container terminal infrastructureBy Paul Scott Abbott, AJOTBoasting expanded globaloceancarrierHanjinShip-oceancarrierserviceoffer- pingandseniormanagerof ingsandenhancedterminalthe international supply chain infrastructure,thePortofofBoston-basedfurniture Bostonisfurnishingnewand home goods e-commerce routes and new opportunitiesleaderWayfairInc.before to adeptly meet supply chainjoining Massport in 2017.demands of the thousands ofImproudtobepart businesses that count on Newofprovidingsupplychain Englandsonlyfull-servicesolutionstothe2,500busi-containerized cargo gateway. nessesrelyingonthePort ItisareallyexcitingofBostondayinandday time to do business with the Portout,saidGleason,adding of Boston, Lauren Gleason,thatproficientInternational deputy port director of busi- Longshoremens Association nessdevelopmentforthelabor, best-in-class truck turn MassachusettsPortAuthor- times and abundant supply ofWith addition of three new neo-Panamax cranes and completion of Berth 10, the Port of Bostons ity, told AJOT. (ENHANCEScontinuedConley Container TerminalNew Englands only full-service container gatewayprovides swift movement of cargos Morethan$850millionon page 16) via diverse global ocean carrier services.ininvestmentshavedeliv-eredthreeneo-Panamax ship-to-shorecranesplusa new50-foot-alongside-depth Berth 10 at the ports Conley Container Terminal, which is nowcalledbyfourservices offeringdirectconnections with 15 ports of Europe, Asia andLatinAmerica,includ-ing two new services to Viet-namandIndia.Vietnamis thethird-largestcontainer-ized cargo trading partner of thesixNewEnglandstates, behind China and India. The investments also include anavigationalimprovement projectisinitsfinalstage, bringing a 47-foot-deep harbor and a 1,725-foot-diameter turn-ing basin designed to accom-modate megavessels each with capacity of as many as 14,000 twenty-foot-equivalentcon-tainer units, or TEUs.Lauren Gleason, the Massachusetts Port Authoritys deputy port director of business development, enthusiastically sees the Port of Boston offering an efficient and reliable value proposition for the 2,500 businesses that rely upon the expanding New England cargo hub.r eliablev aluep ropositionWith our expanded Conley Terminalandevenmore worldwidecontainerservice links,thePortofBostonis providinganefficientand reliablevalueproposition, saving importers and export-ers both time and money with dependable relief from global supplychainchallenges, Gleason said.GleasonservedasNew Englandsalesmanagerfor'