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Port of Boston

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Roughly 2.3 million metric tons of cargo per year pass through the Port of Boston, an economic anchor for the region connecting over 2,500 businesses and 15 million people to the everyday goods and services they depend on. Find information on cargo volumes, gate visits/truck turnaround times, and adjusted gross productivity, as well as Massport’s autoport and cement tonnage.

Economic Impact of the Port of Boston

Report prepared by Martin Associates on the Port of Boston.

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The Port of Boston’s 80-acre auto import/export facility, located in Charlestown, MA, handles more than 30,000 vehicles per year.

All Water Vehicles Via The Port Of Boston* Values In Vehicle Units
Month CY20CY21CY22CY23CY24CY25
January 5,9195,4831,9922,6794,915 
February 3,5102,2882,5732,8572,662 
March 4,9273,9901,6012,4782,972 
April 3,3372,7111,3482,6941,385 
May 1,9252,9162,6093,0512,395 
June 1,2091,8443,8943,0411,698 
July 2,3164,2442,8262,0943,695 
August 4,2922,7412,2371,2015,343 
September 3,9813,7392,4732,3791,256  
October 5,8098474,0604,7264,009 
November 5,6961,6283,9643,4803,894 
December 5,3244,3122,4933,1045,010 
Total 48,24536,74332,07033,784  
Change from previous year -9%-24%-13%+4.82%  

*Massport facilities only.

Coastal Cement is a Massport tenant that uses Berth 1 at Black Falcon Avenue in South Boston to import cement to a nearby shipping and distribution terminal on Dry Dock Avenue. The import of bulk products like cement provides supplemental revenue for Massport and helps to diversify our maritime business line.

Coastal partnered with Massport to expand the throughput of the berth so it can continue meeting the needs of local construction industry customers. Massport performed the maintenance dredging that allows Berth 1 to accommodate the larger ships that Coastal will deploy to deliver more cement product. Coastal, in turn, made additional investments in the berth and high-speed offloading equipment. Together these improvements effectively double the berth’s cement throughput capacity.

Coastal Cement and Massport handled nearly 120,000 metric tons of cement through Boston in calendar year 2022.

Cement Tonnage Via The Port Of Boston* Values In Metric Tons
Month CY20CY21CY22CY23CY24CY25
January 3,8807,69118,70835,27339,250 
February 3,8907,646000 
March 7,7257,65014,92134,00636,375.9 
April 3,86211,53715,05900 
May 7,75715,55915,08729,76230,823.61 
June 15,29212,723031,70230,514 
July 2,71911,641031,1930 
August 11,56513,14931,996036,376 
September 7,2393,82822,49533,97232,981.91  
October 11,58512,300031,7420 
November 11,52812,47833,69729,76432,796 
December 11,5458,6990035,957  
Total 98,587128,753151,963257,414  
Change from previous year -1%31%18%69%  

*Massport facilities only.

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