PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 14, 2022
Maine’s only freight seaport soon will be getting busier with the Icelandic shipping company Eimskip adding a fourth vessel to its rotation of container ships that dock in Portland, increasing Eimskip’s cargo capacity to and from Maine by 25%. Another shipping business with roots in Iceland, logistics company North Atlantic Cargo Line, and subsidiary Isafold Distribution Center, also are growing rapidly. Isafold, which started in Wells in 2019, has grown from 35 orders a week to 3,500. Meanwhile, construction on the Maine International Cold-Storage Facility is finally underway following years of delays. Frozen fish is the most imported material by value, but top imports also included machinery, apparel, beverages, minerals and metals. Ammunition cartridges, prepared fruits and vegetables, wooden medical instruments, industrial and electric machinery, and pulp and paperboard were some of the most valuable exports.