$5M Approved For Dredging Harbor

I thought New Haven was the THIRD largest NE port-- after Boston and Portsmouth. What is the source of this new claim? I want to be up to date when I brag about New Haven!!

CityYankee wrote:
[quote]I thought New Haven was the THIRD largest NE port—after Boston and Portsmouth.[/quote]

Yeah, I'd like to see a source on that too! (I think you meant Portland though?) I imagine there are many different competing definitions of "largest." (E.g. are we using annual tonnage? TEU? something else?)

This from the Port of New Haven website:
" The Port of New Haven is the highest volume commercial shipping port on the Long Island Sound and is considered the busiest port between Boston and New York City. With a federally authorized channel depth of 35 feet and a width of 400 to 800 feet, New Haven Harbor can accommodate ships ranging from 20,000 to 40,000 deadweight tons.

The Port of New Haven is strategically located at the junction of Interstates 95 and 91 with access to freight rail service for the movement of cargo.

The 366 acre port district is primarily comprised of a cluster of privately owned facilities that handle petroleum products, general bulk, cargo, scrap metal, metallic products, cement, sand, stone, salt, break bulk and project cargo."

Thank you, ethanjrt. Yes, I did mean to type Portland!!

Maybe NHI has mined Portland Harbor to move New Haven up on the list. Wikipedia lists New Haven as the third largest port in New England by cargo tonnage, after Boston and Portland. Portland once claimed to be the largest port in New England based on commercial traffic, including the ferry to Yarmouth. All the Maine to Nova Scotia ferries are suspended due to CoVid-19, and I believe the Portland ferry was stopped a few years back, as NS no longer wanted to subsidize it (after paying for a fancy new vessel. Maybe NHI has mined Portland Harbor to move New Haven up on the list.