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
2010 SJPC Board of Directors Meeting Schedule
1/5/2010 The 2010 South Jersey Port Corporation Board of Directors Regular Meeting Schedule
SJPC Special Teleconference Board of Directors Meeting
Friday, December 11, 2009 @ 4:00 p.m. EST
12/10/2009 South Jersey Port Corporation NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
Construction to Begin at Port of Paulsboro
The project is lauded as an Economic Engine for the Region
9/22/2009 (Paulsboro, NJ) – Ground was broken today to begin construction on the Port of Paulsboro, a deep water port that will be built on 190 acres along the Delaware River. The project will create thousands of jobs and spur economic growth in Gloucester County and in the South Jersey region.
Paulsboro Marine Terminal Project Environmental Impact Statement
9/14/2009 The South Jersey Port Corporation’s Paulsboro Marine Terminal Project approved EO No. 215 Environmental Impact Statement.
SJPC approves measures to move the Paulsboro Marine Terminal project
7/28/2009 To create thousands of new jobs and spur economic growth in South Jersey during the worse Recession since the Great Depression, the directors of the South Jersey Port Corporation today approved agreements for the funding, design and project management and development of the $274 million omni-port in Paulsboro, New Jersey.
Notice: Special Teleconference Board of Directors Meeting
Friday, May 22, 2009
5/18/2009 The South Jersey Port Corporation Board of Director’s will hold a special teleconference meeting on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. in the “A” building conference room located at 101 Beckett Street, Camden, NJ.
TWIC IS MANDATORY!
Notice to all truck drivers, port workers and visitors.
10/30/2008 The South Jersey Port Corporation and all other Delaware River ports are scheduled to begin enforcing the use of Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card at all port terminals on the December 30, 2008.
Update of Vendors Provided RFQ for PMT Final Design and Project Management
1/7/2009 As of January 7, 2009, the attached document contains the list of firms who have requested and have been sent the RFQ for Final Design and Project Management for the Paulsboro Matine Terminal.
SJPC 2009 Board of Directors Meeting Schedule
12/12/2008 Pursuant to the Provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231, P.L. 1975, the following schedule of Regular Meetings to be held by the South Jersey Port Corporation’s Board of Directors during the calendar year 2009. These meetings will be held in the Boardroom of the South Jersey Port Corporation located at Broadway and Morgan Boulevard, Camden, New Jersey.
New Tariff Rates Announced
Effective December 1, 2008
11/6/2008 Port of Philadelphia Marine Terminal Association, Inc. has announced new tariff rates which will become effective December 1, 2008. See enclosure
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