Iceland shipping line partners with railroad at Portland,
Maine, port; will connect pulp and paper exports to Europe. A
strategic partnership between Iceland's largest steamship line and New
England's largest railroad is poised to transform the quiet port of Portland
into a hub for freight crossing the North Atlantic. Starting later this month, container ships from Icelandic
Steamship Co., also called Eimskip, will be connecting Portland directly with
cities as far north as Murmansk, Russia, 125 miles above the Arctic Circle,
and as far south as Rotterdam, Netherlands, Europe's largest port.
