MASSPORT: Ports: Conley Terminal: Overview

Overview

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Paul W. Conley Container Terminal
E. First Street & Farragut Road
South Boston, MA 02127

Conley Container Terminal is the nucleus of Boston's dense cargo handling network. With four post-Panamax container gantry cranes and berths 45 feet deep, Conley Terminal can service the largest container ships in service on the Atlantic. The terminal is precisely configured to allow fast, continuous and simultaneous loading and unloading of multiple container vessels. This enables even the most demanding shippers and lines to hustle cargo in and out of the port at speeds equivalent to those of the biggest ports on the North Atlantic.

Plus, Boston's access to the Atlantic Ocean is virtually unmatched, with a mere four miles of harbor navigation separating it from open ocean.

Terminal Features

Fully dedicated Terminal, 101 acres
2000 feet of berthing space includes 1100 ft at a depth of 45 ft and 900 ft at a depth of 40 ft
Four Post Panamax cranes
State-of-the-art ten-lane gate facility with computer tracking system
Combined wheeled and grounded operation
Easy access to rail transfer facility
New administration building
Dedicated, fully trained labor force to handle valuable cargo
Reefer capacity for 160 containers

Conley Terminal Highway Connections
Dedicated haul road connecting to interstate highways I-93, I-90, and I-95.

Conley Terminal Rail Connections
Dedicated haul road to rail transfer facility at Beacon Park, four miles from Terminal.

Terminal Specifications
Berth 11 & 12

Berth Construction - wood/steel pile, concrete deck
Length - 2,000 ft (609.2m)
Depth at MLW - 2,000 feet at 45 ft (14.1m)
Equipment: Four Paceco low-profile container gantry cranes with retractable horizontal booms
Capacity of two of the cranes is 40 long tons (40.64 tonnes)
Height - 134 feet
Outboard reach - 115 ft (35m)
Boom backreach - 86 ft (26.2m)
Gantry gauge - 96 ft (29.2m)
Power - electric diesel
Capacity of the other two cranes is 50 long tons (50.8 tonnes)
Height - 134 ft (40.8m)
Outboard reach - 150 ft (45.7m)
Boom backreach - 32 ft (9.7m)
Gantry gauge - 96 ft (29.2m)
Power - electric diesel
Backlands: 60 acres (24.2 hectares) of open container storage yard.

Berth 13-15

Berth Construction - wood pile, concrete deck
Length - 2,500 ft (762m)
Depth at MLW - 35 ft (10.6m)
Backlands: 26 acres (10.5 hectares) of open container storage yard.