Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is an American port authority in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It owns and operates three airports—Logan International Airport, Hanscom Field, and Worcester Regional Airport—and public terminals in the Port of Boston. It is a financially self-sustaining public authority whose transportation facilities generate more than $600 million annually; no state tax dollars are used to fund operations or capital improvements at Massport facilities. Its headquarters is located in the Logan Office Center, adjacent to Logan Airport in East Boston, Massachusetts. History The Massachusetts Port Authority was created in 1956 by the Massachusetts General Court to replace the locally controlled port commission; however, the Authority was not enabled until 1959, due to delay in bond funding. The Authority is an independent public authority, not a state agency. In 1966, Castle Island Container Terminal was constructed for Sea-Land Corporation, one of the first intermodal container facilities. In 1971, the Authority constructed a second container port in Charlestown for the use of other shipping companies. In 1980, Sea-Land ended its exclusive lease, and the first container port was enlarged and made available for other shipping companies. On January 1, 2010, the Tobin Bridge was transferred from the Authority to the new Massachusetts Department of Transportation. In June 2019, by a vote of 5-to-2, Massport's board of directors selected the current port director to serve as the authority's chief executive. She will be earning a salary of $360,000-a-year and is scheduled to start the new position in September 2019. List of Previous Executive directors John F. O'Halloran: 1959–1963 Edward J. King: 1963–1974 Edward Hanley (interim): 1974–1975 David W. Davis: 1975–1983 Lou Nickinello: 1983 David W. Davis: 1983–1990 Alden S. Raine: 1990–1993 Stephen Tocco: 1993–1997 Peter I. Blute: 1997–1999 Virginia Buckingham: 2000–2001 Craig Coy: 2002–2006 Thomas J. Kinton Jr.: 2006–2011 David S. Mackey (acting): 2011–2012 Thomas P. Glynn: 2012–2018 John Pranckevicius (acting): 2018–2019 Lisa Wieland: 2019–present Massport facilities Airports Logan International Airport Hanscom Field Worcester Regional Airport – Formerly owned by the city of Worcester until ownership transfer to Massport was mandated by law in 2009, and subsequently completed on June 22, 2010. Seaports and maritime facilities The Port of Boston includes Cruiseport Boston and facilities in the Boston Marine Industrial Park in South Boston, and others in East Boston and Charlestown: Flynn Cruiseport Boston (formerly the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal), One Black Falcon Avenue, South Boston Paul W. Conley Terminal, First