b'16American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(ENHANCEScontinuedNhavaSheva.Importersof from page 11) wineandspiritsareamong chassis further enhance capa- thosederivingsignificant bilitiesatConleyTerminal,benefits from the service.which is owned and operatedSwitzerland-headquar-by Massport. teredMSCalsohasrevised n eWC ranes , D eeper apreviousweeklyNorth Europeservicerelaunch-h arbor ing it as the Boston Express Infrastructureenhance-with the Port of Boston as mentsatConleyContainerits only U.S. port of call, with Terminalarehighlighteddirect trans-Atlantic voyages by the trio of neo-Panamaxfrom Antwerp, Belgium, and ship-to-shorecranesthatLe Havre, France. enteredservicelastfall.Inaddition,MSCpro-Eachofthethreeunitshasvides convenient connectionsTwo Mediterranean Shipping Co. services offer direct links between the Port of Bostons expanded a lift height of 160 feet andtoportsthroughoutLatinConley Container Terminal and North Europe and, most recently, the Indian subcontinent.and outbound directions. the Chinese ports of Qingdao,ing ensure schedule reliability. Ningbo and Shanghai and theAlso, truck turn times are typi-a llianCeb rings in KoreanportofPusan,stop- cally less than 30 minutes for m egavessels ping at Coln, Panama, as itdualtransactionsatConley The largest containershipstransits the recently expandedTerminal,whichissituated currently calling Conley Termi- Panama Canal. just a few minutes from two nal include those of the OceanGleason is quick to pointmajor Interstate highways.Alliance,comprisingCOSCOout that shippers using any ofMassportsextensive Shipping,OOCL,Evergreenthefouroceanservicesben- investments in waterside and Line and CMA CGM. With itsefit from the Port of Bostonslandside infrastructure, Glea-Januaryarrival,Evergreenshighlyproductiveworkingsonsaid,areattractinga 12,000-TEU-capacity Ever For- relationshipwiththeILA,diverse array of global ocean tune became the biggest ship towhichoffersseven-day-a- container services and paying In May, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.s MH Green calls Conleyever call Boston. week labor ordering availabil- offinrealsavingsoftime Container Terminal, inaugurating biweekly service connecting key ports ofThe Ocean Alliances AWE1ity and 18 possible start times,and money for importers and China and Vietnam with the Port of Boston. service comes to Boston fromfrom 6 a.m. to midnight, help- exporters alike. is capable of reaching acrossAmerica and the Caribbean.22containers,facilitating between 29 and 35 containerZim l aunChesa siamoves per hour. s erviCeThe new cranesfabri- Mostrecently,Israel-head-cated by world-leading quayquartered ZIM Integrated Ship-crane manufacturer ZhenhuapingServicesLtd.inMay HeavyIndustriesCo.Ltd.launcheditsbiweeklyZXB (ZPMC)have joined a half- offering,callingthePortof dozen somewhat smaller ship- Bostonwithpremiumexpe-to-shoreunitsatthenewlyditedservicefromYantian, constructed1,250-foot-longChina, and Cai Mep, Vietnam.Berth10,withanalongsideThenewZIMservice, depth of 50 feet. A recentlywhich transits the Suez Canal, completedracksystemforis particularly well-suited to refrigeratedcontainersfur- handleimportsoffurniture, nishes ample storage capacityapparel and footwear, as well forNewEnglandsworld- as exports of recycled fibers.renowned seafood and otherPointingtothePortof temperature-sensitivecom- Bostons favorable import-to-modities, while the endeavorexport ratio of 1.5 to 1, Glea-toaugmentBerth10andson noted that ocean carriers neighboring Berth 11 with 30candependupontheMass- With calls connecting Boston directly to China, Evergreen Lines megavessels, each with a capacity additionalacresoflandsideportfacilitytofurnishprof- of approximately 12,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units, facilities is advancing towarditable loads in both inboundare launching the big ship era at the Port of Bostons Conley Container Terminal.completion next year.At the same time, in col-laborationwiththeCom-monwealth of Massachusetts and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the port is in the thirdandfinalstageofthe undertaking bringing Boston Harbor depth to 47 feet and providingawiderturning basintoablyaccommodate theinternationalshipping industrysincreasinglylarge containerships.msC a DDs tos erviCeo FFerings The Port of Bostons lon-gest-standingoceancarrier partner, Mediterranean Ship-pingCo.,whichhascalled Conley Terminal since 1986, has recently made Boston the first U.S. port of call for its new Indus 2 service, transit-ing the Suez Canal and stop-ping at the Spanish ports ofcustoms brokers&freight forwardersBarcelonaandValenciaand the Portuguese port of Sineswww . jfmoran.com: 800.944.1041on its weekly route from the IndianportsofMundraand'