Massachusetts Port Authority

Massachusetts Port Authority, or Massport, is a port district in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It operates seaports and airports in eastern and central Massachusetts, mainly the Port of Boston.

Massport facilities

Airports

• Logan International Airport
• L.G. Hanscom Field
• Worcester Regional Airport – operated by Massport, owned by the city of Worcester until ownership transfer to Massport mandated by law in 2009-2010.^[1]

Seaports and Maritime Facilities

The Port of Boston includes facilities in the Boston Marine Industrial Park in South Boston, and others in East Boston and Charlestown:^[2]

• Black Falcon Cruise Terminal (a.k.a. Cruiseport Boston), One Black Falcon Avenue, South Boston
• Paul W. Conley Terminal, First & Farragut Road, South Boston - Container port
• Boston Autoport, Charlestown - Automobile shipping, leased to private operator.
• The Boston Fish Pier, South Boston - Seafood processing, acquired in 1972.
• Mystic Piers 48,49 and 50, Charlestown - Used for bulk storage and shipping of salt since the 1980s
• Medford Street Terminal, Charlestown - Dock, office, and warehouse areas, purchased in 1986 from Revere Sugar Refinery and Somerville Lumber.
• East Boston Shipyard and Marina - Marginal Street, East Boston - Former Navy and Bethlehem Steel site, equipped for ship repair.
• Massport Marine Terminal (MMT)/North Jetty, South Boston - Used for Big Dig staging, berths now available. Being developed for seafood processing.
• Fargo Street Terminal, South Boston - Storage and support activities
• International Cargo Terminal, 88 Black Falcon Avenue, South Boston - Warehouses and office space

Transportation services

The Massport Shuttle bus connects all terminals at Logan International Airport to Airport Station on the MBTA Blue Line, as well as the water taxi dock.^[3]

• 11 serves all the terminals. (operates from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm)
• 22 serves terminals A, B and the Blue Line station. (operates from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm)
• 33 serves terminals C, E and the Blue Line station. (operates from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm)
• 55 serves all terminals and the Blue Line station. (operates from 4:00 am to 7:00 am, 10:00 pm to 1:00 am)
• 66 serves all terminals and water taxi dock. (operates from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm)
• 88 serves all terminals and the economy parking lot. (24 hour service)

Massport also operates Logan Express bus service between all terminals and park-and-ride lots in Braintree (near South Shore Plaza), Framingham (Shopper's World), Woburn (Anderson Regional Transportation Center), and Peabody (164 Newbury Street).^[4]

Massport provides financial assistance to the MBTA for operation of the Silver Line Bus Rapid Transit service to Logan terminals from downtown Boston, and contributes to the maintenance of Airport Station and ventilation of the Ted Williams Tunnel.^[5]

References

1. ^ Chapter 25 of the Acts of 2009. Section 148.
2. ^ http://www.massport.com/ports/
3. ^ http://www.massport.com/logan/getti_typeo_logans.html
4. ^ http://www.massport.com/logan/getti_typeo_logan.html
5. ^ http://www.eot.state.ma.us/downloads/90_DayReport/Appendix10_3.PDF

External links

• Massport official website