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AFL Short-Sea Service to Launch Next Week

6/9/2011 10:07:56 AM

A New England-Halifax shuttle service, launched by American Feeder Lines as the forerunner of a planned coast-wide network of short-sea services, will begin service next week.

 

The Massachusetts Port Authority said the new service will call every Tuesday at its Conley Container Terminal, beginning June 14.

 

“The New England-Halifax Shuttle is great news for Boston providing New England shippers with a vital connection to Eastern Canada’s main trans-shipment hub,” said Mike Leone, port director at Massport.

 

The new service also will call at Portland, Maine, and connect with Halifax’s South End and Fairview Cove container terminals.


The planned service will be launched with a chartered vessel with capacity of 700 20-foot-equivalent units. The service will follow the route of the former Yankee Clipper feeder service that carried containers for Hapag-Lloyd.

 

AFL is seeking financing for its plan to build 10 container ships, each with nominal capacity of 1,300 TEUs, for domestic routes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

 

The Journal of Commerce Online

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