1834: The Port of Camden is established.
1926: Creation of the South Jersey Port District by the New Jersey State Legislature and touches off an explosion of growth that establishes the City of Camden as a world-class port.
1928: The South Jersey Port Commission begins operations at the "Camden Marine Terminals."
1931: The Beckett Street Terminal opens.
1965: The Port of Camden handles a record breaking 424,173 tons, including 152,742,777 board feet of lumber.
1965: Two 25-ton capacity whirly gantry cranes are purchased and steel coils begin to arrive at the port.
1966: Ground is broken for a new 500-foot wharf at the Beckett Street Terminal.
1968: New Jersey State Legislature changes the South Jersey Port Commission to become the South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC).
1971: The New York Shipbuilding Corporation site is opened as the Broadway Terminal operated by the South Jersey Port Corporation.
1972: SJPC participates in its first New Jersey World Trade Conference and begins handling humanitarian cargo for the CARE program.
1979: The Port of Camden becomes the second largest lumber port on the East Coast of the U.S.
1983: SJPC ranks among the top 10 percent of ports worldwide, and continues to grow, completing a $14.5 million expansion at the Beckett Street Terminal.
1986: Mainland China calls on the Port of Camden for the first time in 40 years, with a ship laden with hardboard.
1989: Del Monte Fresh Fruit begins operations at the Broadway Terminal, making Camden their largest distribution center in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. regions.
1991: SJPC handles a record breaking 1,000,000 tons of export scrap metal.
1992: A $6 million dredging project, jointly funded by the U.S. Corps of Engineers and the Delaware River Port Authority, deepens the access channel to 40 feet from the main river channel to the Beckett Street Terminal.
1994: The 25th anniversary of the South Jersey Port Corporation culminates in the construction of a new berth at the Beckett Street Terminal and an agreement is finalized for SJPC to oversee the Port of Salem.
1999: SJPC and Del Monte Fresh Fruit complete construction of a 76,500 S.F. temperature controlled warehouse, more than doubling the Port's fruit handling capacity and enabling growth to rise over 520,000 tons of import fresh fruits annually.
2000: SJPC and the St. Lawrence Cement Company commence a 45-year lease bringing $60 million in private investment to the City of Camden and the potential for 1 million tons of import cargo annually.
2001: The Port of Camden handles more than 2.3 million tons of cargo for the year, making it the second highest tonnage year in Port history.
News Highlights
SJPC Board of Directors Special Meeting
5/8/2013 Pursuant to NJSA 10:4-8, the South Jersey Port Corporation is herein providing public notice the SJPC Board of Directors will hold a special teleconference meeting on Friday, May 13, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in the “A” building conference room located at 101 Joseph A. Balzano Boulevard, Camden, NJ.
SJPC's Port-O-Call Magazine
Spring 2013 Edition
3/27/2013 SJPC has published the Spring 2013 edition of the Port-O-Call Magazine. The official publication of the South Jersey Port Corporation.
Maiden Voyage for M/V BBC Danube - Docks at Balzano Marine Terminal
Ship arrives with equipment for new West Deptford Energy Station for LS Power
3/18/2013 On Monday, March 18, 2013, the M/V BBC Danube, making its maiden voyage, arrived at South Jersey Port Corporation’s (SJPC) Balzano Marine Terminal in Camden, carrying power plant equipment for the West Deptford Energy Station Project for LS Power.
2013 SJPC Board of Directors Meeting Schedule
12/26/2012 Pursuant to the Provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231, P.L. 1975, the the schedule of Regular Meetings to be held by the South Jersey Port Corporation’s Board of Directors during the calendar year 2013, as approved at the December 4, 2012 meeting, has been posted to the three (3) offficial newspapers and sent to all County Clerks within the seven (7) county Port district.
Terminal Tariff - Schedule 1300
Port of Philadelphia Marine Terminal Association
12/18/2012 Port of Philadelphia Marine Terminal Association, Inc. tariff rates effective October 1, 2011 for South Jersey Port Corporation facilities; Balzano Marine Terminal (formerly the Beckett Street Terminal) and the Broadway Terminal.
PORT IS REOPENED FOLLOWING STORM
All facilities are operational.
10/31/2012 All South Jersey Port Corporation facilities were reopened on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. after Hurricane Sandy passed. The Balzano Marine Terminal and Broadway Terminal did not sustain any significant damage as a result of Hurricane Sandy
SJPC Board of Directors Meeting Cancelled
Meeting Reschduled Due to Hurricane Sandy
10/29/2012 Due to Hurricane Sandy, the South Jersey Port Corporation Board of Directors meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 30, 2012 has been cancelled and rescheduled for Monday, November 5, 2012, at 12:30 p.m.
FEDERAL TIGER III GRANT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT SIGNED TODAY
$18.5 MILLION TO UPGRADE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY RAIL AND PORT INFRASTRUCTURE
10/23/2012 At a rail siding of the evolving Paulsboro Marine Terminal, the South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC), and its partners, signed an $18.5 million federal stimulus grant today that will create thousands of jobs by upgrading freight rail from South Jersey into the market heartland of America.
FEDERAL TIGER III GRANT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT SIGNING BETWEEN THE SJPC, CONRAIL and SALEM COUNTY
At the Port of Paulsboro, NJ
10/17/2012 FEDERAL TIGER III GRANT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT SIGNING BETWEEN THE SOUTH JERSEY PORT CORPORATION, CONRAIL AND SALEM COUNTY

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 12:00 Noon

Port of Paulsboro, 100 Universal Road, Paulsboro, NJ
New Energy Contract Generates Savings for Port and Tenants
7/31/2012 The South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC) recently completed a reverse auction that will save $231,700 in energy costs through 2014 for the Joseph A. Balzano Marine Terminal and the Broadway Terminal in Camden, N.J. The agency has utilized the reverse auction for electrical energy several times in the past reaping similar results.
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