标题: Boston Harbor Nowadays Is a Shadow of Former Self [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 9-1-2013 17:16 标题: Boston Harbor Nowadays Is a Shadow of Former Self 本帖最后由 choi 于 9-1-2013 18:37 编辑
"If Boston Harbor once sparked a revolution, today its role in American commerce is more modest. About 100,000 containers are expected to be offloaded at Conley Terminal this year. That’s roughly 2 percent of the cargo handled annually at the Port of New York and New Jersey. For most ships coming from Asia, Boston is a last stop, tacked on as an afterthought rather than a destination.
"Freight unloaded from ships at the port must be trucked through Boston’s streets rather than being transported by rail, a more economical, greener way. Some days as many as 450 trucks come and go from the port. Unfortunately, Boston can’t accommodate the double-decker rail cars that are standard at most other ports without raising several bridges and the Prudential Center’s foundation.
"New Bedford, a deep-water harbor already with rail access, might seem like an obvious answer. Its location, in many ways, is better suited for serving all of New England.
Note:
(a) A note in the top graphic says, "Three container ships per week unload cargo at the [Conley] terminal."
"during the 19th century, the city was one of the most important, if not the most important, of whaling and fishing ports in the world, along with Nantucket, Massachusetts and New London, Connecticut.
"originally called Bedford Village, was officially incorporated as the town of New Bedford in 1787. The name was suggested by the Russell family who were prominent citizens of the community. It comes from the fact that the Dukes of Bedford, a leading English aristocratic house, also bore the surname Russell. (Bedford [a town norwest of Boston], Massachusetts had already been incorporated by 1787; hence 'New' Bedford.)
(c) The editorial states the cost of dredging Boston harbor will be shaed by Massport (as state agency) and Army Corps of Engeneering (a federal one).
(d) There is no need to read the rest. If you do, there is a tap ("GRAPHIC") at the BOTTOM horizontal bar.