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Port of Boston

The Port of Boston is a major seaport located in Boston Harbor and adjacent to the City of Boston.

Port of Boston
Port of Boston · Original uploader was Cornischong at lb.wikipedia (Public domain)
The place

The Port of Boston is a major seaport located in Boston Harbor and adjacent to the City of Boston. It is the largest port in Massachusetts and one of the principal ports on the East Coast of the United States.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Port of Boston

Airports
Boston Logan (BOS), 2 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 78 km · Bradley (BDL), 144 km
  • Providence/Warwick → Port of Boston
    80 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · $8–11
  • Portland → Port of Boston
    4080 km · quickest by air, 8h 48m · $430–660
  • Hartford → Port of Boston
    152 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · $13–18
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Port of Boston

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Port of Boston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inTake the F2H from Logan Ferry Terminal for boats to Long Wharf, Hingham, and Hull.
  • Get inThese ferries run year round, but call ahead if it looks like extreme, icy ocean conditions could be an issue.
  • Get inWater taxis are also available, taking you to any dock in the city with about 10 minutes notice.
  • Go nextTake the Logan Ferry across the harbor to Hull, operating year round.
  • Go nextWater taxis offer more flexibility, take one over to South Boston and tie one on at Harpoon Brewery.

From Wikivoyage: Boston/East Boston, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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  3. 03
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  4. 04
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    8 ways of moving, 12 sources

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  5. 05
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    8 ways of moving, 22 sources

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Port of Boston is 2 km from Boston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.