On item: The Boston Fish Pier, located on Northern Avenue in South Boston next to the World Trade Center, has been owned by Massport since 1972. Massport has completed a $25 million rehabilitation of the pier and creating first-class commercial office space and modern fish processing and distribution operations. All this was accomplished while preserving the historic facade of the buildings.

On item: A major component of service at Massport's Terminal in Charlestown is feeder barge service from New York and Halifax. Containers bound for New England customers first arrive via container vessels and are then transferred to a barge for tansit to the Port of Boston. Upon arrival, the barge is unloaded with Massport's gantry cranes and the containers travel the rest of their route by truck to consignees throughout the six-state reagion. Boston Port/1740.