Eimskip starts Boston/Halifax service

Eimskip starts Boston/Halifax service Massachusetts Port Authority said Eimskip launched a new service Monday between Halifax and Boston.
   The new service, using the 384-TEU Simone J, will help eliminate truck congestion on U.S. interstate and Canadian highways, the port said.
   Eimskip’s New England Canada Short Sea Service or “NECA Express” will call at Conley Container Terminal in South Boston (Monday); International Marine Terminal in Portland, Maine (Tuesday); Ceres Terminal in Halifax (Wednesday); Halterm Terminal, Halifax (Friday); and Portsmouth, N.H. (Sunday).