Pallets in Bristol County (MA)

Roads in Bristol County, Massachusetts

Interstates 195, 495 and 95 and Route 24 connect the county to Providence.

New Bedford

New Bedford is the nation's top fishing port by value: its 2019 landings were worth $451 million, 84% of it scallops.

It is a deepwater commercial port about nine nautical miles from the Cape Cod Canal, 83 miles south of Boston and 166 miles north of New York, and Interstate 195 crosses the city. The port handles more than $230 million in bulk and break-bulk cargo, and more break-bulk perishable cargo than any other port in Massachusetts and its adjacent states. The State Pier's Building 2 has cold storage, the Marine Commerce Terminal stages offshore wind turbines and platforms, and the port, the regional airport and adjacent areas form Foreign Trade Zone 28.

Fish houses are wet and cold. Dry, intact pallets suit them best, and wood that has absorbed water belongs elsewhere; cold rooms and seafood goes through the reasons.

Fall River

Fall River stands on the east shore of Mount Hope Bay at the mouth of the Taunton River, where Interstate 195 crosses on the Braga Bridge. The Fall River Line Pier beneath the bridge handles fishing and cargo, trading with Cape Verde, the Azores, Brazil, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Route 24 bounds the Fall River Industrial Park on Airport Road, and in 2015 Amazon announced a fulfillment center of more than a million square feet in the city, with more than 500 full-time jobs. Sellers here should say how many, how dry, and whether any pallets are pooled.

Taunton

Taunton holds Myles Standish Industrial Park, 1,029 acres with about 100 companies, around 7,400 employees and about 5.8 million square feet, alongside Interstate 495 in the north of the city. Routes 24 and 140 meet near East Taunton, and the Middleboro Secondary and New Bedford Main Line carry freight. For trailer-load questions see bulk and truckloads.