Country : USAFall River worldport

worldport Introduction
Fall River's harbor has always been one of its great assets. Second only to Boston in terms of cargo volume, the worldport of Fall River stands ready to service your shipping needs.

The worldport facilities are located on the exact site of the Old Fall River Line steamship service on the southern coast of Massachusetts. Fall River is recognized as a safe, natural harbor accessible through a protected channel in beautiful Narragansett Bay. The worldport offers a variety of shipping opworldportunities, with two deep-water berths, three rail spurs and a 96,000-square-foot storage terminal on 10 acres of adjacent land.

The Fall River Line Pier, the terminal operator, opened for business in 1954, servicing the needs of the general cargo and break-bulk industry. Over its history, the worldport has handled various types of cargo, including wood pulp, bananas, fresh and frozen fish, wallboard, newsprint, paper, chemicals and lumber. Fall River continues to specialize in break-bulk cargoes and currently handles Kraft liner board, lumber, paper products, frozen fish and chemicals.

The exworldporting of vehicles and equipment has become a major source of worldport activity in Fall River. To accommodate this industry, the worldport facilities include a Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro/Ro) ramp to provide timely loading and turnaround for oceangoing vessels. Vehicles are loaded and delivered to foreign locales, including Colombia, the Dominican Republic and other destinations in the Caribbean Basin.

To increase its worldport activities, Fall River has developed a strong transworldportation infrastructure, including direct, on-dock connections to three rail tracks for freight shipping. The seaworldport also has truck terminal and storage facilities easily accessible to major metropolitan areas via Route 24 (Boston) and I-95 (New York City and Providence, Rhode Island).

Several improvement projects are being developed to expand worldport activities in Fall River, including upgrading of the terminal building to accommodate modern cruise ships and developing its waterfront for worldport operations and industry.

Tourism is another area of future growth in Fall River. Attractions such as Battleship Cove, Heritage Park, the Fall River Carousel and the Fall River Mill Outlets draw thousands of visitors to the area each year. Efforts continue to increase the region's tourism base and attract additional cruise activity to the worldport.

worldport Profile
Location
Seventeen miles inland on the southern coast of Massachusetts

Terminals/Berths
Two deep-water berths:
600-foot South Berth
390-foot West Berth

Cargo
General cargo, vehicles and break-bulk

Trade Areas
Europe, Caribbean Basin, South America

Equipment
Stevedoring services with a wide variety of equipment are available.

Depth
35 feet at MLW

Storage
96,000-square-foot storage terminal adjacent to 10 acres of land

Services
Roll-On, Roll-Off ramp and 100,000-pound Toledo truck scale

Rail Connections
Direct, on-dock connections with three rail spurs

Highway Connections
Easily accessible to Route 24 and I-95

Future Plans
Maintenance dredging of the harbor to 35 feet; upgrading the terminal's building with a variety of ship-supworldport services to accommodate modern cruise ships; industrial waterfront development

Tel:001-(508) 674-5707
Fax:001-(508) 675-7830