Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Maine
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
====Cargo==== The International Marine Terminal in [[Portland, Maine|Portland]] provides shipping container transport. In 2021 an estimated 36,700 shipping containers moved through the terminal. In 2017, a total of 17,515 shipping containers were transported. The Icelandic shipping company [[Eimskip]] opened its United States headquarters in Portland in 2013. Its ships stop in Portland once a week in a route that includes Atlantic Canada and Iceland with connections to northern Europe and Asia.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Writer|first=Peter McGuireStaff|date=November 13, 2021|title=With other cargo ports in chaos, Portland's is sailing toward a record-breaking year|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2021/11/13/amid-chaos-at-other-ports-portlands-container-terminal-is-on-track-for-its-busiest-year-ever/|access-date=July 6, 2022|website=Press Herald}}</ref> In 2015, the terminal moved 10,500 containers. The Maine Port Authority in 2016 began a $15.5 million expansion and improvement of the terminal. The Maine Port Authority leased the International Marine Terminal from the city of Portland in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Writer|first=PENELOPE OVERTONStaff|date=July 6, 2016|title=Port of Portland approved for federal grant that will double freight capacity|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2016/07/06/port-of-portland-approved-for-7-million-grant/|access-date=July 6, 2022|website=Press Herald}}</ref>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Maine
(section)
Add topic