The biggest ship to enter Boston Harbor’s Paul W. Conley Container Terminal arrived Thursday morning after originating in Asia, in response to the Massachusetts Port Authority.
The China Ocean Transport Firm ship, which holds 13,500 “20-foot equal” containers, arrived round 7 a.m., in response to Jennifer Mehigan, a Massport spokesperson.
The COSCO AWE6 transport line, which the ship follows, serves China, Vietnam, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, and Greece earlier than developing the East Coast of america, Mehigan mentioned.
The ship will doubtless solely be in Boston on Thursday, as ships “typically have a really tight schedule and have to get to the subsequent port,” Mehigan mentioned.
Mehigan couldn’t present particulars of what was the ship was carrying however famous that the terminal is New England’s solely full-service container facility, a vacation spot for cargo similar to “furnishings and residential items, footwear, clothes, workplace provides, wine and spirits, recycled fibers, sporting items, and seafood.”
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