Port of Salem

{{short description|Port in New Jersey, USA}} {{about|the port in New Jersey|port in Massachusetts|Salem Harbor}}{{Infobox port | name = Port of Salem | location = [[Salem, New Jersey]] | country = {{flag|USA}} | coordinates = {{coord|39.574|-75.484|type:landmark_region:US-NJ|format=dms}} | pushpin_map = USA | operated = [[South Jersey Port Corporation]] | image = PortofSalemsign.tiff | image_caption = Port of Salem building sign | image_alt = Port of Salem building sign | blankdetailstitle1 = [[Draft (hull)|Draft depth]] | blankdetails1 = 16 feet<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/Factsheets/Fact-Sheet-Article-View/Article/490824/salem-river/|title=Salem River}}</ref> | blankdetailstitle2 = [[Air draft]] | blankdetails2 = [[Overhead power line]] }} The '''Port of Salem''' is a [[Draft (hull)|shallow-draft]] (16 feet) port in the vicinity of the Salem River Cut-Off on the [[Salem River]] in [[Salem, New Jersey]] in the United States about {{convert|2|mi}} east of the [[Delaware River]] and about {{convert|54|mi}} from the Atlantic Ocean. It was re-designated a port of entry in 1984 and became a [[Foreign trade zones of the United States|foreign trade zone]] (FTZ) in 1987. [[Transloading]] operations include the handling of a variety of [[bulk cargo]], notably of [[aggregate (composite)|construction aggregate]], [[break bulk cargo]], and [[Containerization|containers]] for clothing, fishing apparel, agricultural [[produce]], and other [[consumer goods]], and has at times involved [[lighterage]]. It is operated under the auspices of the [[South Jersey Port Corporation]]. The port is envisioned as being a component of the supply chain for the development of [[Wind power in New Jersey|windpower in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ajot.com/premium/%7Bpath=|title=South Jersey's Port of Salem – part of a developing DE River wind-energy logistics chain|website=ajot.com}}</ref>

==Salem waterfront== [[File:Major Reybold at Salem Wharf with caption.jpg|thumb|The [[paddle steamer]] ''Major Reybold'' at what was once called Majors Wharf, plied the Delaware between Salem and Philadelphia in the 19th century on the Salem Line.<ref>{{cite web | title = Major Reybold | publisher = WorthPoint | url = http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/major-reybold-delaware-river-106379482 | quote = Built by [[Harlan and Hollingsworth]] (later Bethlehem Steel Wilmington) in 1852 and abandoned in 1908 the Major Reybold ran the Delaware river between Philadelphia, PA and the town of Salem NJ for the Salem Line. | access-date = 2013-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pilot of Old Major Reybold Living In Quiet Retirement|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2293&dat=19360531&id=LtUmAAAAIBAJ&pg=1754,6017331|date=May 31, 1936|newspaper=The Sunday Morning Star|access-date=2013-08-31}}</ref>|left]] The [[Delaware River]] [[estuary]] was the territory of the [[Lenape]]. European settlement of the region around today's Salem began in 1638 when the colony of [[New Sweden]] was established and the Salem River was called Varkens Kill or Hogg Creek. Tradition holds that [[Finnish-American|ethnic Finns]] settled inland from [[Finns Point]] in 1638. In 1641, a group from the [[New Haven Colony]] settled around Varkens Kill. In 1655, it was re-claimed by [[New Netherland]] and in 1664 it became part of the [[Province of New Jersey]]. In 1675, a land patent was given to [[John Fenwick (Quaker)|John Fenwick]], who founded the town. Originally, Salem's wharves were located along [[Fenwick Creek]] and Salem Creek, and received calls from [[Philadelphia]], [[Boston]] and the [[Caribbean]].<ref name=briefhist>{{cite web | title = A Brief and Partial History of the City of Salem | work = The City of Salem Master Plan Historic Preservation Element, 1991 | publisher = Preservation Salem | year = 1991 | url = http://www.preservationsalem.org/PSIHIST.HTM | access-date = 2013-07-31 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041022074621/http://www.preservationsalem.org/PSIHIST.HTM | archive-date = 2004-10-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoversalemcounty.com/history/historyofcommerce.asp#.UiDGEr_Ru8U |title=History of Commerce |publisher=Discover Salem County |access-date=2013-08-31}}</ref> During the [[American Revolutionary War]], it was occupied by the British to prevent supplies from reaching American troops.<ref>{{cite web | last = Welsh | first = Ray | title = Ports on the Delaware | work = Poor Will's Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1790 | publisher = Stockton | url = https://loki.stockton.edu/~kinsellt/projects/poorwill/storyReader$225.html | access-date = 2013-07-31}}</ref> [[Steamboat|Steamer]] service between Salem and Philadelphia began in 1825. The [[Salem Railroad]] opened in 1863.<ref>{{cite web | title = TIME LINE III 1800 to 1899 Salem County, New Jersey | publisher = Salem County Office of Archives and Records Management | url = https://www.salemcountynj.gov/?wpfb_dl=621 | access-date = 2013-08-13}}</ref>

The Salem River Cut-off, which bypasses a large [[meander|bend]] in the river at the port, was authorized in 1925.<ref name = USACEsalem/> For much of the 20th century, the waterfront along the Salem River Cut-off and Fenwick Creek was dominated by industries centered around glass manufacturing, food processing, and mineral/oil storage.<ref name = MPArecplan>{{cite report | author = City of Salem Municipal Port Authority | title = Recreation Facility Plan (Final Report) | publisher = GPO | date = September 1984 | url = http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CZIC-ht168-s25-c58-1984/html/CZIC-ht168-s25-c58-1984.htm | access-date = 2013-07-22}}</ref> From 1905 to 1978, [[H. J. Heinz Company]] operated a large processing plant along Fenwick Creek.<ref>{{cite news | title = July 16, 2011: Picture From The Past | work = nj.com | date = July 16, 2011 | url = https://www.nj.com/sunbeam-voices/index.ssf/2011/07/july_16_2010_picture_from_the.html | access-date = 2013-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Heinz Pickle Company plant, Salem, New Jersey. | publisher = The Library company of Philadelphia | url = http://lcpdams.librarycompany.org:8881/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=62107&local_base=GEN01 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130813223310/http://lcpdams.librarycompany.org:8881/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=62107&local_base=GEN01 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-08-13 | access-date = 2013-08-10 }}</ref> [[Mannington Mills]], [[Anchor Hocking|Anchor Glass]], and AluChem<ref>{{cite web | title = Salem, New Jersey | publisher = AluChem | url = http://www.aluchem.com/profile/salem.php | access-date = 2013-08-10 | archive-date = 2013-09-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130925141707/http://www.aluchem.com/profile/salem.php | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Salem Industrial District Brownfield Development Area | publisher = New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection | url = https://www.nj.gov/dep/srp/brownfields/bda/sites/salem_industrial.pdf | access-date = 2013-08-10}}</ref> are located proximate to the port, as well as the South Jersey Farmers Exchange in nearby [[Woodstown, New Jersey|Woodstown]].

==Port of entry and foreign trade zone== Salem was originally designated a [[port of entry]] in 1682 by royal commission of the British Crown.<ref name =NYTsmallcity/><ref>{{cite web | title = Salem Terminal | work = Terminals | publisher = South Jersey Port Corporation | url = http://www.southjerseyport.com/facilities.asp?Type=1&SectionNumber=3&TextType=2&Is3D=0 | access-date = 2013-07-31 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140418220951/http://www.southjerseyport.com/facilities.asp?Type=1&SectionNumber=3&TextType=2&Is3D=0 | archive-date = 2014-04-18 }}</ref><ref name = patnership>{{cite news | last = Rouse | first = Ewart | title = Partnership Will Take Over Dock At Salem The Public Part Of The Salem Port Will Be Leased To Private Investors. The Signing Is Today. | newspaper = The Philadelphia Inquirer | date = December 18, 1996 | url = http://articles.philly.com/1996-12-18/news/25643269_1_salem-port-private-firms-private-investors | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130831103614/http://articles.philly.com/1996-12-18/news/25643269_1_salem-port-private-firms-private-investors | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 31, 2013 | access-date = 2013-08-31 }}</ref>

The City of Salem established a municipal [[port authority]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web | title = Chapter 52: Port Authority | publisher = City of Salem, New Jersey | url = http://ecode360.com/12293680 | access-date = 2013-08-15}}</ref> In 1984, the port resumed international shipping operations and the [[United States Customs Service]] granted it status as a ''water port of entry'', the first such designation made since the 1930s.<ref name =NYTsmallcity>{{cite news | last = Janson | first = Donald | title = A Small City in South Jersey Welcomes the World's Trade | newspaper = The New York Times | date = December 29, 1984 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/29/nyregion/a-small-city-in-south-jersey-welcomes-the-world-s-trade.html | access-date = 2013-08-10 | quote = The way was cleared to open the port when Salem was designated by the United States Customs Service earlier this year, according to Robert Bartol, an official with the agency. He said it was the first such designation in the Northeast since the 1930s.}}</ref> It is now a [[port of entry]] in [[United States Citizenship and Immigration Services]] (USCIS) District 21, which is headquartered in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] and covers New Jersey.<ref name = portentry>{{cite web | title = Field Offices | work = Title 8 of Code Federal Regulations (8 CFR) | publisher = [[USCIS]] | date = July 6, 2009 | url = http://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-11261/0-0-0-11374/0-0-0-11398.html | access-date = 2013-08-10 | archive-date = 2013-01-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130130061215/http://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-11261/0-0-0-11374/0-0-0-11398.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Along with [[Millville Municipal Airport]], portions of the port have been part of [[Foreign trade zones of the United States|foreign trade zone]] #142 since 1987.<ref name = FTZ142>{{cite journal | title = Order No. 725 Designation of New Grantee for Foreign-Trade Zone 142, Salem, New Jersey Area; Resolution and Order | journal = Federal Register | volume = 60 | issue = 244 | date = September 8, 1987 | url = http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1995-01-09/pdf/95-456.pdf | access-date = 2013-08-07}}</ref> Subzones associated with FTZ142 are located at the [[Port of Paulsboro]] and other locations in [[South Jersey]].<ref name = taxfree>{{Citation | last = Tiefenbrun | first = Susan | title = Tax Free Trade Zones Of The World And In The United States | publisher = Edward Elgar Publishing | year = 2012 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Bdz5eG3b2nwC&pg=PA532 | isbn = 978-1-84980-243-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Foreign Trade Zone | publisher = South Jersey Port Corporation | url = http://www.southjerseyport.com/services.asp?Type=2 | access-date = 2013-07-31 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140318224952/http://www.southjerseyport.com/services.asp?Type=2 | archive-date = 2014-03-18 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Shipping channels and lighthouses== [[File:Salem River New Jersey.jpg|thumb|The Salem above the head of navigation]] The Delaware and Salem rivers are [[tide|tidal]]. The Delaware River Main Channel has been maintained at a depth of {{convert|40|ft|m}}. [[Dredging]] to a depth of {{convert|45|ft|m}} was completed in 2017.<ref>{{cite web | title = Delaware River Main Channel Deepening | publisher = United States Army Corps of Engineers | url = https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Delaware-River-Main-Channel-Deepening/ | access-date = 2013-07-25}}</ref> [[Reach (geography)|Reach]] C, which includes the entrance to the Salem Port, was completed in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | title = Contract 1 Reach C | publisher = US Army Corps of Engineers | url = http://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Portals/39/docs/Civil/Deepening/Contract4.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-31 | archive-date = 2013-02-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130218055245/http://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Portals/39/docs/Civil/Deepening/Contract4.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> The [[shipping channel]] of the Salem River is much shallower, making the city a [[Draft (hull)|shallow draft]] port, which prohibits use by [[Handymax]] class ships. The Salem River and Cut-Off were first [[channel (geography)|channelized]] in 1925 to a depth of {{convert|16|ft|m}}.<ref name = USACEsalem>{{cite web | title = Salem River | publisher = US Army Corps of Engineers | date = April 2013 | url = https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/Factsheets/Fact-Sheet-Article-View/Article/490824/salem-river/ | access-date = 2013-07-31}}</ref> The river is entered though Salem Cove about {{convert|50|mi}} from the Atlantic Ocean at the entrance of the [[Delaware Bay]]. The channel travels along the southeast side of the cove for {{convert|2|mi}} and continues another {{convert|0.8|mi}} to the Cut-Off and {{convert|1.8|mi}} to the [[head of navigation]] at the first bridge crossing ([[New Jersey Route 49|Route 49]]).<ref>{{Cite book | title = United States Coast Pilot 3 | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | date = 2013-08-18 | edition = 46 | chapter = 6 | page = 193 | chapter-url = http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=3  | quote = Salem River is entered through Salem Cove at Mile 50E, across the Delaware River from the entrance to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The approach channel follows the southeast side of Salem Cove for about 2 miles to the mouth of the river; it is marked by a lighted buoy, lights, and a lighted 027.3° range. Within the river, the channel enters a land cut 0.8 mile above the mouth, thence leads to a basin at Salem, thence to the fixed highway bridge in Salem. The channel and basin have a Federal project depth of 16 feet...The fixed highway bridge has a clearance of 10 feet ..... State Route 49 Highway Bridge 1.8 miles above the mouth,...}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Griffes | first = Peter L. | title = (148) Salem River | work = Atlantic Boating Almanac 2004, Volume 3 – Sandy Hook, NJ to St. Johns River, FL & Bermuda – Including the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay | publisher = ProStar Publications | year = 2004 | isbn = 9781577855033 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_YdXeXuVMRgC&pg=PA208 | access-date = 2013-09-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/Factsheets/Fact-Sheet-Article-View/Article/490824/salem-river/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216125502/http://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/Factsheets/Fact-Sheet-Article-View/Article/490824/salem-river/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 16, 2017 | title=Salem River }}</ref>

The Delaware River is served by various [[Leading lights|range lights]]. [[Reedy Island]] is approximately {{convert|5|mi|0}} southwest of the mouth of the Salem River. Reedy Island Front Light works in conjunction with the [[Reedy Island Range Rear Light]] for navigation of the Salem reach of the river.<ref>{{cite web | title = Reedy Island Rear Range, DE | publisher = Lighthouse Friends | url = https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=457 | access-date = 2013-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Historic Light Station Information Photography – Delaware – Reedy Island Front Range Light | publisher = [[United States Coast Guard]] | url = http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/lhde.asp | access-date = 2013-09-01}}</ref> The [[Finns Point Range Light]] upstream of the [[Salem River]] was deactivated in 1950. From the Delaware River, entrance to the port is guided by the Salem River Range Lights, the Salem River Directional Light ({{coord|39.570668|-75.511209|type:landmark_region:US-NJ|format=dms|display=inline}}), and 11 other lighted navigational aids.<ref>{{cite web | title = LIGHT LIST ATLANTIC COAST (Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina) | publisher = United States Coast Guard | volume = 2 | page = 26 | date = 2013 | url = http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lightLists/LightList%20V2.pdf | access-date = 2013-08-30 | archive-date = 2013-09-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130914163909/http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lightLists/LightList%20V2.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Delaware River & Bay Light Stations and Light Towers | publisher = Delaware River & Bay Lighthouse Foundation | url = http://delawarebaylights.org/LightList.html#Salem | access-date = 2013-08-30 | archive-date = 2013-09-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130906135301/http://delawarebaylights.org/LightList.html#Salem | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Rail and road== The city and county of Salem have a long history of glass manufacturing,<ref>{{cite journal | last = Acton | first = R. | title = Short History of Glass Manufacture in Salem County, New Jersey | journal = The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography | volume = 9 | issue = 3 | pages = 343–346 | date = October 1885 | jstor = 20084716}}</ref> along with the site of the first successful glass production facility in North America.<ref>{{cite web | title = Wistarburg | publisher = www.wistarburg.org | url = http://www.wistarburg.org/overview.htm | access-date = 2013-07-26}}</ref> Adjacent to the port is the oldest manufacturing facility for glass containers in the United States, established in 1863 and long known as Anchor Glass, once owned by [[Anchor Hocking]] and now part of the [[Ardagh Group]].<ref name = briefhist/><ref name = anchor>{{cite news | last = Williams | first = Michael| title = Under a new name and ownership, Salem City glass plant celebrates 150 years in operation | newspaper = South Jersey Times | date = June 23, 2013 | url = https://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2013/06/under_a_new_name_and_ownership_salem_citys_glass_plant_celebrates_150_years_in_operation.html | access-date = 2013-07-25 }}</ref>

[[File:Delaware Memorial Bridge shooting from the Pennsville, NJ side.jpg|thumb|The [[Delaware Memorial Bridge]] and the [[Interstate Highway System]] are upstream from the port]] The rail line serving the port is called the Glass House Running Track and is an extension of the [[Salem Branch]]. On the verge of abandonment by [[Conrail Shared Assets Operations|Conrail]], the southern section of the route from [[Swedesboro, New Jersey|Swedesboro]] to Salem was purchased by the county in 1983 and is leased to [[Southern Railroad of New Jersey]] (SRNJ). Long neglected, it is in poor condition and travel speeds are very slow. The line is undergoing upgrades to the rail bed, trackage, a trestle at Oldman's Creek, and other work. At Swedesboro, SRNJ [[Interchange (freight rail)|interchange]]s with [[Conrail Shared Assets Operations]] to reach [[Pavonia Yard]], the regional rail center.<ref>{{cite web | title = West Jersey Shore Line Project | work = Summary Statement | publisher = Delaware Valley Ragional Planning Commission | date = October 2005 | url = https://www.drpa.org/publish/library/DRPA-05-043.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-22}}</ref>

[[New Jersey Route 45|Route 45]] and [[New Jersey Route 49|Route 49]] provide access to [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–New Jersey)|Interstate 295]], the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] and the nearby [[Delaware Memorial Bridge]]. In 2005, the Route 49 [[bascule bridge]] built in 1927 over the Salem River was replaced with a fixed bridge that can be converted to a [[vertical lift bridge]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Salem River Bridge | publisher = Bridgehunter | url = http://bridgehunter.com/nj/salem/1707150/ | access-date = 2013-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Governor McGreevey "Celebrates New Jersey" in Salem County | publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation |quote=The new bridge will have the capability to be converted into a movable bridge | url = https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2002/072302b.shtm | access-date = 2013-07-31}}</ref> and has been dedicated the ''Veteran’s of Salem County Memorial Bridge''.<ref>{{cite web | title = Dedicated Highways and Bridges | publisher = Salem County Office of Archives and Records Management | date = October 25, 2012 | url = http://dspace.njstatelib.org:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10929/26503/r6282012h.pdf?sequence=1 | access-date = 2013-08-31 | archive-date = 2013-09-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055046/http://dspace.njstatelib.org:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10929/26503/r6282012h.pdf?sequence=1 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Commercial shipping== [[File:Port of Salem container ship.tiff|thumb|Container ship at Salem]] The Salem Municipal Port Authority was established in 1982<ref>{{cite web | title = Chapter 52: Port Authority | publisher = City of Salem, New Jersey | url = http://ecode360.com/12293680 | access-date = 2013-09-05}}</ref> with the intention to revitalize and coordinate shipping in the [[port district]].<ref name =NYTsmallcity/> In 2005, the {{convert|230|acre|ha|adj=on}} Salem City Industrial District Brownfield Development Area was created to spur re-use of [[brownfield]]s, including numerous properties within and adjacent to the port district,<ref>{{cite news | last = Six | first = Jim | title = City announces BDA will continue | newspaper = South Jersey Times | date = June 30, 2008 | url = https://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2008/06/city_announces_bda_will_contin.html | access-date = 2013-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Linnehan | first = Robert | title = City accepts grants for Brownsfield property rehabilitation | newspaper = Today's Sunbeam | date = May 22, 2007 | url = https://blog.nj.com/gloucester/2007/05/city_accepts_grants_for_browns.html | access-date = 2013-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Salem City-Industrial Gateway BDA Map | work = Site Remediation Program | publisher = New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) | date = July 7, 2011 | url = https://www.nj.gov/dep/srp/brownfields/bda/sites/salem_industrial01map.htm | access-date = 2013-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Salem Industrial District BDA | publisher = New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) | url = https://www.nj.gov/dep/srp/brownfields/bda/sites/salem_industrial.pdf | access-date = 2013-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Salem City Industrial District BDA, Salem, New Jersey | publisher = Excel Environmental Resources | url = https://www.excelenv.com/case-histories/salem-city-industrial-district-bda-salem-new-jersey/ | access-date = 2013-09-01}}</ref> which is located along the southern [[Bank (geography)|banks]] of the river between the Salem River Cut-Off and the [[New Jersey Route 49|Route 49]] bridge just outside the downtown area. It encompasses several terminal and wharf facilities for [[barge]]s and [[container ship]]s for [[bulk cargo|bulk]] and [[break bulk cargo]], and [[container terminal|shipping containers]].

In 2006, the municipal port authority described the typical [[container ship]] making use of the port as carrying 150 containers and taking approximately 12 hours to unload and reload.<ref name="salemcountynj.gov">{{cite web | title = TIME LINES V 2000 to 2099 Salem County, New Jersey | work = Salem County Office of Archives and Records Management |publisher = Salem County, New Jersey | url = https://www.salemcountynj.gov/?wpfb_dl=613 | access-date = 2013-08-13}}</ref> The ''Bermuda Islander'', a [[Flag state|Dutch-flagged]] container ship, calls regularly at Salem.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bermudaislander.bm/sailing_schedule.html|title=Bermuda International Shipping Ltd. (BISL)|website=www.BermudaIslander.bm|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chesapeakeboating.net/Publications/Chesapeake-Bay-Magazine/2001/April-2001/Big-Storm-Small-Ship.aspx |title=Big Storm Small Ship |publisher=Chesapeakeboating.net |date=April 2001 |access-date=2013-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054948/http://www.chesapeakeboating.net/Publications/Chesapeake-Bay-Magazine/2001/April-2001/Big-Storm-Small-Ship.aspx |archive-date=2013-09-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=244820000&header=true | title = BERMUDA ISLANDER – Vessel's Details and Current Position – 9234434 – 244820000 | publisher = Marinetraffic.com |access-date=2013-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2015/08/us_coast_guard_responds_to_cargo_ship_stuck_in_del.html|title=U.S. Coast Guard responds to cargo ship stuck in Delaware River|website=NJ.com|date=25 August 2015 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>

In 2022 the port received funding for lengthening of its wharf and other improvements.<ref>{{Cite web | title=South Jersey’s Port of Salem – part of a developing DE River wind-energy logistics chain {{!}} AJOT.COM | url=https://ajot.com/premium/ajot-south-jerseys-port-of-salem-part-of-a-developing-de-river-wind-energy-logistics-chain | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216151306/https://ajot.com/premium/ajot-south-jerseys-port-of-salem-part-of-a-developing-de-river-wind-energy-logistics-chain | access-date=2025-08-25 | archive-date=2022-02-16}}</ref>

===Salem Terminal=== The South Jersey Port Corporation operates three terminals at the [[Port of Camden]] and is expanding operations to the [[Port of Paulsboro]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Terminals | publisher = South Jersey Port Corporation | url = http://www.southjerseyport.com/facilities.asp | access-date = 2013-07-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055453/http://www.southjerseyport.com/facilities.asp | archive-date = 2013-09-21 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The agency owns and operates the Salem Terminal, which had been publicly operated as the Salem Municipal Wharf and privately operated by Salem Terminals Ltd. and Del Stevedoring.<ref>{{cite news |last = Holcomb | first = Henry J. | title = Controversial South Jersey Port Vice Chairman Resigns John Ober Is A Partner In A Steamship Firm. He Was Also A Member Of The Agency That Runs The Salem Dock | work = [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] | publisher = philly.com | date = July 7, 1995 | url = http://articles.philly.com/1995-07-07/business/25677371_1_ethics-commission-salem-new-jersey-s-executive-commission | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055545/http://articles.philly.com/1995-07-07/business/25677371_1_ethics-commission-salem-new-jersey-s-executive-commission | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 21, 2013 | access-date = 2013-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Rouse | first = Ewart | title = Partnership Will Take Over Dock At Salem The Public Part Of The Salem Port Will Be Leased To Private Investors. The Signing Is Today | work = [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] | publisher = philly.com | date = December 18, 1996 | url = http://articles.philly.com/1996-12-18/news/25643269_1_salem-port-private-firms-private-investors | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130831103614/http://articles.philly.com/1996-12-18/news/25643269_1_salem-port-private-firms-private-investors | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 31, 2013 | access-date = 2013-08-31}}</ref> It includes berth-side truck access to {{convert|350|ft}} of [[berth (moorings)|berthing space]] with {{convert|65|ft}} of beam (breadth). There is {{convert|8000|sqft}} of covered shed and warehouse storage space. The terminal handles barges and container ships for [[aggregate (composite)|construction aggregate]], clothing, fishing [[apparel]], [[motor vehicles]], agricultural [[produce]], seafood, and [[consumer goods]].<ref>[http://www.southjerseyport.com/facilities.asp?Type=1&SectionNumber=3&TextType=2&Is3D=0 Port of Salem Terminal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418220951/http://www.southjerseyport.com/facilities.asp?Type=1&SectionNumber=3&TextType=2&Is3D=0 |date=2014-04-18 }}, South Jersey Port Corporation. Retrieved 2012-07-2013.</ref><ref name = EconomicAssessment>{{cite web | title = Southern New Jersey Freight Transportation and Economic Development Assessment| publisher = [[NJDOT]] | date = December 2010 | url = https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/freight/plan/pdf/sjfeda_final.pdf | access-date = 2013-08-30|quote = The Port of Salem Terminal is a 22-acre complex located west of downtown Salem that includes both SJPC and private terminal related operations. The Port of Salem currently handles aggregate (e.g. sand), clothing apparel, fishing apparel, motor vehicles, food products, and consumer goods.}}</ref>

===Mid-Atlantic Shipping and Stevedoring=== Mid-Atlantic Shipping and Stevedoring relocated from Maine to Salem in the 1980s to be closer to the source of products they export and utilize the newly established port facilities.<ref name =NYTsmallcity/> In 1990, they opened the Mid-Atlantic Shipping and Stevedoring Wharf, a small wharf terminal that is also utilized by several other shipping companies and located approximately {{convert|1.6|mi}} above the entrance of the Salem River at 128 Tilbury Road on the east side of Barber's Basin marina, to handle bulk and break bulk cargo, and shipping containers. It has {{convert|350|ft}} of [[berth (moorings)|berthing space]] with {{convert|16|ft|adj=on}} water depth. It includes {{convert|7|acre|ha}} of open storage space and utility connections for refrigerated containers. While the wharf is currently owned by Bermuda International Terminals, it is operated by Mid-Atlantic.

Mid-Atlantic also operates the Tilbury Road Associates owned wharf with {{convert|540|ft}} of berthing space, utility connections for refrigerated containers, and {{convert|13|acre|ha}} of open storage space on the west side of Barber's Basin.

===Port Inland Distribution Network=== The Port Inland Distribution Network involves new or expanded transportation systems for redistribution by barge and rail for the shipped goods and containers that are delivered at area ports in an effort to curtail the use of trucks and their burden on the environment, traffic, and highway systems. The [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] (PANYNJ), [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] (NJDOT), and [[Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission]] (DVRPC), are involved in initiatives to review and develop this network.<ref>{{cite web | title = Fact Sheet Port Inland Distribution Network | publisher = Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | date = July 2004 | url = http://www.webstercc.biz/PIDN.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-31 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = PORT AUTHORITY LAUNCHES UNIQUE CARGO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BY ESTABLISHING FIRST REGIONAL PORT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK | publisher = Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | date = December 13, 2002 | url = http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=251 | access-date = 2013-07-31 | archive-date = 2013-05-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130501031527/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=251 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Rodrigue | first = Jean-Paul | title = Port Inland Distribution Network of the Port of New York and New Jersey | work = Geography of Transport Systems | publisher = Hofstra University | url = http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch4en/appl4en/map_PIDN.html | access-date = 2013-07-31 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131007080903/http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch4en/appl4en/map_PIDN.html | archive-date = 2013-10-07 }}</ref>

While it was determined that Salem was not an ideal location within the program for handling [[container shipping]] for [[intermodal freight transport]],<ref>{{cite web | title = PORT INLAND DISTRIBUTION NETWORK SOUTH JERSEY SITE EVALUATION AND FEASIBILITY DEVELOPMENT STUDY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission | date = June 2003 | url = https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/freight/plan/pdf/sjpidnfres.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-31}}</ref> a private sector service provider began in 2010 the [[short sea shipping]] of [[aggregate (composite)|aggregate]] products with a [[barge]] service between Salem and [[Linden, New Jersey|Tremley Point, Linden]] on the [[Arthur Kill]] in the [[Port of New York and New Jersey]]. It addresses a critical missing link in [[multimodal transport|multimodal freight transport]] between ports in the [[Delaware Valley]] and the Northern New Jersey's urban [[Gateway Region]].<ref name = application>{{cite web | title = Application for the Designation of the New Jersey Marine Highway Platform as a Marine Highway Project | publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation | date = June 11, 2010 | url = http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/airwater/maritime/documents/njdotmarinehighwayprojectapplication06-11-10.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-31}}</ref>

[[America's Marine Highway]] is a similar [[United States Department of Transportation|US Department of Transportation]] initiative to capitalize on US waterways for the transport of goods for which NJDOT applied and received approval for review and potential development of their initiative into a federally supported project. Salem would be considered for increased transportation by shipping vessels to customers along the East Coast.<ref name = application/><ref>{{cite press release | title = U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Corridors, Projects and Initiatives Eligible for Funding as Part of America's Marine Highway | publisher = [[United States Maritime Administration]] | date = August 22, 2010 | url = http://www.marad.dot.gov/news_room_landing_page/news_releases_summary/news_release/MARAD_13-10_Marine_highway_Projects_release.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100821171550/http://www.marad.dot.gov/news_room_landing_page/news_releases_summary/news_release/MARAD_13-10_Marine_highway_Projects_release.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 21, 2010 | access-date = 2013-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = New Jersey Marine Highway Initiative | publisher = United States Maritime Administration | year = 2010 | url = http://www.marad.dot.gov/documents/2012_Marine_Highway_Initiatives.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130217150429/http://www.marad.dot.gov/documents/2012_Marine_Highway_Initiatives.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 17, 2013 | page = 2 | access-date = 2013-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Marine Highway Program | publisher = United States Maritime Administration | url = http://www.marad.dot.gov/ships_shipping_landing_page/mhi_home/mhi_home.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090203113436/http://marad.dot.gov/ships_shipping_landing_page/mhi_home/mhi_home.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 3, 2009 | access-date = 2013-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Short Sea Shipping and Marine Highways – USDOT Maritime Administration (MARAD) Marine Highway Program | publisher = [[North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority]] | url = http://www.njtpa.org/plan/Element/Freight/MarineHighways.aspx | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130902170858/http://www.njtpa.org/plan/Element/Freight/MarineHighways.aspx | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-09-02 | access-date = 2013-09-01 }}</ref>

==Ferry and boating== Barber's Basin is a [[marina]] between the two wharfs operated by Mid-Atlantic Shipping and Stevedoring. It is home to the [[United States Coast Guard]] Small Salem Station, a seasonal unit in operation from late May to mid-October. In 2013, the Coast Guard reduced staffing from daily to weekend operations.<ref>{{cite news | last = Sparks Boyle | first = Sharon | title = Coast Guard looking to reduce hours at Salem station | newspaper = Today's Sunbeam | publisher = nj.com | date = August 3, 2012 | url = https://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2012/08/coast_guard_looking_to_reduce.html | access-date = 2013-08-10}}</ref> The private docks of the Salem Boating Club, across the river in [[Pennsville, New Jersey|Pennsville]], also serve [[pleasure craft]].

[[Delaware River and Bay Authority]]'s Three Forts Ferry Crossing was renamed the [[Delaware City–Salem Ferry]] in 2013 to reflect changes in service due to [[Hurricane Sandy]] damages. The seasonal service, rather than traveling to [[Fort Mott (New Jersey)|Fort Mott]], departs from Barber's Basin with service across the river to [[Delaware City, Delaware|Delaware City]], which has the nearby [[Fort DuPont State Park]], with connecting service to [[Fort Delaware]] on [[Pea Patch Island]] effective May 4, 2013 for the summer seasonal service.<ref>{{cite news | last = Gallo Jr. | first = Bill | title = Passenger ferry service to link Salem City with 2 historic Delaware sites | newspaper = South Jersey Times |publisher = nj.com | date = April 17, 2013 | url = https://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2013/04/new_passenger_ferry_service_to.html#incart_river | access-date = 2013-07-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Fares and Schedules | work = Delaware City-Salem Ferry | publisher = Delaware River and Bay Authority | year = 2013 | url = http://decitysalemferry.com/ScheduleandFares.aspx | access-date = 2013-07-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130810054911/http://decitysalemferry.com/ScheduleandFares.aspx | archive-date = 2013-08-10 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Delaware City-Salem Ferry expands operating schedule, offers shuttle service in Salem | newspaper = South Jersey Times |publisher = nj.com | date = June 22, 2013 | url = https://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2013/06/delaware_city-salem_ferry_expands_operating_schedule_offers_shuttle_service_in_salem.html | access-date = 2013-07-22 }}</ref> The ferry returned to serving Fort Mott on its previous route (instead of Salem) in 2015 and is now called the [[Forts Ferry Crossing]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Delaware City – Salem Ferry Changes Name to Forts Ferry Crossing|publisher=Delaware River and Bay Authority|date=March 13, 2015|url=http://decitysalemferry.com/Portals/0/Users/007/07/7/cmlf_dcsf_fortsferrycrossing15rel.pdf|access-date=June 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611134443/http://decitysalemferry.com/Portals/0/Users/007/07/7/cmlf_dcsf_fortsferrycrossing15rel.pdf|archive-date=June 11, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Salem has been an occasional port of call for promotional and educational functions for the [[A. J. Meerwald]], the [[List of U.S. state ships|New Jersey State Tall Ship]].<ref>{{cite news | title = A.J. Meerwald, New Jersey's Tall Ship, set to drop anchor in Salem; public sails available | newspaper = Today's Sunbeam | publisher = nj.com | date = April 28, 2010 | url = https://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2010/04/aj_meerwald_new_jerseys_tall_s.html| access-date = 2013-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = A.J. Meerwald returns to Salem this week for schedule of public sailings | newspaper = Today's Sunbeam |publisher = nj.com | date = May 1, 2011 | url = https://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2011/05/aj_meerwald_returns_to_salem_t.html | access-date = 2013-08-31 }}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|New Jersey|Energy|Transport}} *[[Feeder ship]] *[[List of ports in the United States]] **[[Port of New York and New Jersey]] ***[[Port Newark]] ***[[Port Jersey]] ***[[Howland Hook]] **[[Port of Paulsboro]] **[[Port of Philadelphia]] **[[Port of Wilmington (Delaware)]] *[[New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Chapter 3: Southern New Jersey and the Delaware Bay | work = Historic Themes and Resources within the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route | publisher = National Park Service | url = http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/nj2/chap3n.htm | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130813223226/http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/nj2/chap3n.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 13, 2013 }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist|2}}

== External links == *[https://www.bermudaislander.bm/company_profile.html Bermuda Islander] Bermuda International Shipping Ltd. *[http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions/NOAATidesFacade.jsp?Stationid=8537961 NOAA Tides Chart – Sinnickson Landing (at the mouth of the Sandy River)] *[http://www.cityofsalemnj.org/?page_id=483 Salem Municipal Port Authority] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306044220/https://apps.njtpa.org/consultant/Consultant/Files/South%20Jersey%20Freight%200419%20NJTPA%20FIC.pdf South Jersey Freight – Transportation and Economic Development Assessment (for 2007)] [[NJDOT]] *[https://www.sjtpo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/salem-port-study-may-2018.pdf Port of Salem Corridor Study 2018]

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