Port of Paulsboro#Petroleum

The Port of Paulsboro is one of several in the Delaware Valley metro area and is situated on the east banks of the Delaware River in Gloucester County, New Jersey, across from Philadelphia International Airport. The {{convert|96|acre|ha|1|adj=on}} site of Fort Billingsport was the first land purchase by the United States government, made by the Continental Congress on July 5, 1776.{{cite news | first= Edward | last= Colimore | url= http://articles.philly.com/2007-12-10/news/25227568_1_fort-site-earthen-walls-paulsboro | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140107051007/http://articles.philly.com/2007-12-10/news/25227568_1_fort-site-earthen-walls-paulsboro | url-status= dead | archive-date= January 7, 2014 | title= Fighting to save remains of a fort – Paulsboro is home to a key military installation from the Revolutionary War | newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer | publisher= philly.com | date= December 10, 2007}} The port was first developed to handle petroleum products in 1917 by the Vacuum Oil Company.{{cite web | title = History – Borough of Paulsboro | publisher = Borough of Paulsboro | url = http://paulsboronj.org/history.html | access-date = 2013-07-08 | quote = Just before World War I, the export business of Vacuum Oil required a refinery on the east coast. A location near Paulsboro seemed most suitable and Vacuum purchased it in April 1916. The Paulsboro Plant, which began in 1917, was designed to manufacture lubricating oil. Gasoline and kerosene were considered by-products. Mobil, the plant's present name, is actually located in Gibbstown and it pays taxes to that municipality (Penn's boundary), but it is referred to as the Paulsboro plant and many of its employees live in Paulsboro. Mobil also operates a research laboratory here. Some of the great advances in petroleum processing were first used commercially at the Paulsboro refinery. The first continuous two-stage fractioning unit was built in 1928. The first Duo-Sol unit for continuous treating of lubricating oil stock was put into service in 1936, In this year, the first commercial catalytic cracking unit was also put into operation. The main products o£ Mobil are lubricating oil, gasoline and motor oil. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120209134836/http://www.paulsboronj.org/history.html | archive-date = 2012-02-09 | url-status = dead }} The Port of Paulsboro has been used to refer to the marine transfer operations at Thompson Point in Greenwich Township, Gibbstown (Greenwich Township), Billingsport, Mantua Creek, Eagle Point in West Deptford Township, and Westville.{{Citation | title = Schedule A, Statistical Classification of Commodities Imported Into the United States | work = United States Census Bureau |publisher = United States Government Printing Office | page = xxiv | date = January 1, 1960 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Rx0uAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR24 | quote = 11.05 Paulsboro, NJ including Billingsport, Eagle Point, Mantua Creek, Thompson Point, and Westville}} It is a port of entry in United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) District 21, which covers New Jersey.{{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}}

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The Delaware River is tidal at Paulsboro,{{cite web | title = Tides and Currents – Paulsboro, Mantua Creek, NJ | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | url = http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions/NOAATidesFacade.jsp?Stationid=8538512}} which is about {{convert|78|mi}} from the Atlantic Ocean at the entrance to the Delaware Bay. Since 1942, the Delaware River Main Channel has been maintained at a depth of {{convert|40|ft|m}}. A {{convert|102.5|mi|adj=on}} stretch of the federal navigation shipping channel is being deepened to {{convert|45|ft|m}} from the Port of Camden and Port of Philadelphia to the bay, with a 2017 projected completion date.{{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}}{{cite report | author = Lt. Col. Robert J. Ruch, District Engineer, Philadelphia District | title = Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project | publisher = Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission | date = January 20, 2005 | url = http://www.dvrpc.org/freight/pdf/2005-02_DERiverDRVPC.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221031/http://www.dvrpc.org/freight/pdf/2005-02_DERiverDRVPC.pdf | archive-date = September 23, 2015 | url-status = dead }}{{cite web | title = Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project | publisher = US Army Corps of Engineers | date = May 2012 | url = https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Portals/39/docs/Civil/Deepening/Economic/Updated%20Economic%20Assessment%20of%20Relevant%20Market%20and%20Industry%20Trends%20-%20May%202011.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-14 | archive-date = 2024-03-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240316201023/https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Portals/39/docs/Civil/Deepening/Economic/Updated%20Economic%20Assessment%20of%20Relevant%20Market%20and%20Industry%20Trends%20-%20May%202011.pdf | url-status = dead }}{{cite web|title=The Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project: Background |publisher=Delaware Riverkeeper |url=http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/resources/Factsheets/The_Delaware_River_Main_Channel_Deepening_Project.pdf |access-date=2013-07-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716222826/http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/resources/Factsheets/The_Delaware_River_Main_Channel_Deepening_Project.pdf |archive-date=2012-07-16 }} Local pilotage is generally required for larger commercial vessels.{{Cite journal | title = United States Coast Pilot 3 – Delaware Bay | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | date = August 25, 2013 | edition = 46 | page = 187 | url = http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=3 | quote = Pilotage on Delaware Bay, Delaware River, and tributaries thereof is compulsory for all foreign vessels of 100 gross tons or more and all U.S. vessels under register engaged in the foreign trade or commerce of 100 gross tons or more. Pilotage is optional for all U.S. Government vessels and for all U.S. vessels in the coast-wise trade that have on board a pilot licensed by the Federal Government for these waters.}} Anchorage No. 9 is in the vicinity of the mouth of Mantua Creek, to which the river channel is {{convert|30|ft|m}}.{{Cite journal | title = Title 33 – Navigation and Navigable Waters Section 110.157 – Delaware Bay and River. | journal = Code of Federal Regulations | volume = 1 | date = July 1, 2011 | url = http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title33-vol1/xml/CFR-2011-title33-vol1-sec110-157.xml | access-date = 2013-09-02 }}{{cite web | title = Nautical Chart: 12313 | url = http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/12313.shtml | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | date = January 2012 | edition = 53 | access-date = 2013-08-18 | postscript = See lower right section of chart for Mantua Creek.}}

Tinicum Island Rear Range Light and Tinicum Front Range Light, known as the Billingsport Front Light, are a pair of range lights serving the downstream reach of the port.{{cite news | title = Tinicum Front Range Light in front of the Mobile Oil Refinery Property Paulsboro, New Jersey | publisher = New Jersey Historic Lighthouse Society | url = http://www.njlhs.org/njlight/tinfrtrg.htm | access-date = 2013-07-17 | archive-date = 2012-02-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120218122217/http://www.njlhs.org/njlight/tinfrtrg.htm | url-status = dead }} These front and rear range lighthouses guide sailors who, by aligning the two lights and keeping one light on top of the other, stay in the channel's center and avoid Little Tinicum Island.{{cite news | last = Roncace | first = Kelly | title = Inland lighthouses such as Tinicum, Finns Point and East Point guide sailors through rivers and bays | newspaper = Gloucester County Times | url = http://www.nj.com/indulge/index.ssf/2012/07/inland_lighthouses_such_as_tin.html | access-date = 2012-10-22 }} The rear light is listed on the state and federal registers of historic places.{{cite web |author= Historic Preservation Office |title= New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Gloucester County |url=http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/gloucester.pdf |publisher= New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |page= 4 |date= April 5, 2013 |access-date= 2013-08-15 }}

The port is located near New Jersey Route 44 and Interstate 295. Rail service on different spurs of the Penns Grove Secondary is within the South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area of Conrail,{{cite web | title = Conrail in South Jersey | publisher = Conrail Historical Society | url = http://thecrhs.org/OnLocationWithConrail/SouthJersey | access-date = 2013-07-14 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131005023156/http://thecrhs.org/OnLocationWithConrail/SouthJersey | archive-date = 2013-10-05 }} which operates a rail yard along the line for owners CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway. SMS Rail Lines handle transfers at parts of the port.

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As of 2010, crude oil accounted for more than half of all annual cargo tonnage on the Delaware River.{{cite web | title = New Jersey A key link in the nation's import/export economy | publisher = American Waterways | url = http://www.americanwaterways.com/index/New_Jersey_OnePager.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-26 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Several refineries and oil depots in Paulsboro, Greenwich Township, and West Deptford Township have operated at the port since the first was developed in 1917. At various times, Citgo, Mobil, BP, Sun Oil, Valero, PBF Energy, and NuStar Energy have maintained facilities adjacent to the port, as has General American Transportation Corporation (GATX).{{Cite book | 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 | access-date = 2013-07-30}}{{cite web | title = Port of Paulsboro | publisher = World Port Service | url = http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/commerce/USA_NJ_Port_of_Paulsboro_3754.php | access-date = 2013-07-08 }}{{cite press release | url= http://www.valero.com/NewsRoom/Pages/PR_20101217_0.aspx | title= Valero Completes Sale of Paulsboro Refinery | publisher= Valero | date= December 17, 2010 | access-date= 2013-08-02 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141019010117/http://www.valero.com/NewsRoom/Pages/PR_20101217_0.aspx | archive-date= October 19, 2014 | url-status= dead }} In addition to maritime transfer operations, the petroleum facilities are also served by tanker trucks, rail transport, and pipelines, including one to the Philadelphia Airport across the river{{cite web | title = Docket No. D-2012-004-1 – Buckeye Partners, L.P. – Delaware River Petroleum Pipeline Crossing Project – Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey to Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania | work = Delaware River Basin Commission | publisher = State of New Jersey | date = May 10, 2012 | url = http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/library/documents/dockets/2012-004-1.pdf | access-date = 2013-08-09}} and one to nearby junction with the Colonial Pipeline system.{{cite news | title = Buckeye Partners, L.P. to Acquire Northeast Pipelines and Terminals from ExxonMobil | publisher = River Stone | date = January 21, 2005 | url = http://www.riverstonellc.com/NewsArticle.aspx/56/Buckeye-Partners-L-P--to-Acquire-Northeast-Pipeli | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130808065943/http://www.riverstonellc.com/NewsArticle.aspx/56/Buckeye-Partners-L-P--to-Acquire-Northeast-Pipeli | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 8, 2013 | access-date = 2013-08-06 }}

The Paulsboro Refinery is a {{convert|950|acre|ha|adj=on}} facility abutting Paulsboro in adjacent Gibbstown (Greenwich Township) and processes medium-to-heavy sour crude oils to produce unbranded gasoline, heating oil, and jet fuel. It is one of only two facilities on the East Coast able to process petroleum coke.{{cite web | title = Paulsboro, New Jersey | work = Refineries | publisher = PBF | url = http://www.pbfenergy.com/refineries | access-date = 2013-07-08 }} It became a Special Purpose Subzone 142A of Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) No. 142 in 1995.{{cite journal | title = Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Mobil Corporation (Oil Refinery), Gloucester County, NJ | journal = Federal Register | volume = 60 | issue = 244 | date = December 20, 1995 | url = http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ftzpage/fr/95/o790.html | access-date = 2013-08-07 | archive-date = 2011-10-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111024172825/http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ftzpage/fr/95/o790.html | url-status = dead }} In 1998, Valero Energy Corporation purchased the facility from Mobil{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/09njCOVER.html|title=A Crucial Link in the Pipeline|date=9 October 2005|work=The New York Times|access-date=24 January 2017}} and in 2010 sold it to PBF{{cite web |author1=Ewart Rouse, Melody McDonald |author2=Eric Dyer |name-list-style=amp | title = Mobil Set To Sell Its Paulsboro Refinery Valero Energy Corp. Will Buy It For $336 Million. Officials Say The Move Will Have Little Impact On Employees | work= Phlidelphia Inquirer | date = May 22, 1998 | url = http://articles.philly.com/1998-05-22/news/25739285_1_valero-energy-corp-mobil-spokesman-bill-greehey | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130717083250/http://articles.philly.com/1998-05-22/news/25739285_1_valero-energy-corp-mobil-spokesman-bill-greehey | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 17, 2013 | access-date =2013-07-08 }}{{cite web | title = Paulsboro Refinery | publisher = A Barrel Full | url = http://abarrelfull.wikidot.com/paulsboro-refinery | access-date = 2013-07-11 }} with backing from Blackstone Group and First Reserve Corporation.Bloomberg News.[http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2010/09/valero_energy_to_sell_paulsbor.html "Valero Energy to sell Paulsboro refinery for $360M"], The Star-Ledger, September 27, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-07. Construction of a new tanker berth was completed in 2010 by Weeks Marine.{{cite web | title = VALERO TANKER BERTH DEMOLITION & CONSTRUCTION – Completed in 2010 | publisher = Weeks Marine | url = http://www.weeksmarine.com/node/130 | access-date = 2013-07-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140106203602/http://www.weeksmarine.com/node/130 | archive-date = 2014-01-06 | url-status = dead }} In 2019, PDF received special permission to receive liquified natural gas to the plant via rail.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2019/12/liquefied-natural-gas-can-now-ship-to-nj-by-train-despite-explosion-concerns.html|title=Liquefied natural gas can now ship to N.J. by train, despite explosion concerns|first=Michael Sol Warren | NJ Advance Media for|last=NJ.com|date=December 11, 2019|website=nj}}

The Eagle Point Refinery in West Deptford Township was a {{convert|1000|acre|ha|adj=on}} oil refinery that had once been a tomato-processing factory and became a U.S. Army munitions depot during World Wars I and II. The property was acquired by Texaco and began refining operations in 1949.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2014/01/sunoco_holds_controlled_implosions_at_west_deptford_site.html#incart_m-rpt-1|title=Sunoco holds controlled implosions at West Deptford refinery site|date=25 January 2014 |access-date=24 January 2017}} It was purchased by Coastal Oil in May 1985{{cite web | title = Sunoco Incorporated R&M Eagle Point Refinery | publisher = United States Environmental Protection Agency | date = May 2011 | url = http://www.epa.gov/region02/waste/fscoasta.htm | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130717083315/http://www.epa.gov/region02/waste/fscoasta.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 17, 2013 | access-date = 2013-07-13}} and in 1997 became foreign trade Special Purpose Subzone 142C. In January 2004, it was bought by Sunoco, which announced its permanent closure in 2010. The plant is being disassembled by 2015 so that a new facility can be planned by Sunoco.{{cite news | last = Littel | first = Bryan | title = Sunoco Demolishing Eagle Point Refinery | work= West Deptford Patch | date = February 18, 2012 | url = http://westdeptford.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/sunoco-demolishing-eagle-point-refinery | access-date = 2013-07-13}} Its adjacent tank farm, with tanker truck, rail, pipeline, and marine transfer operations, remain active.{{cite news | last = Bittner | first = Gina | title = Sunoco Logistics to buy Eagle Point tank farm in West Deptford Township | work= Gloucester County Times | publisher = nj.com | date = July 1, 2011 | url = http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2011/07/sunoco_logistics_to_buy_eagle.html | access-date = 2013-08-09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sunocologistics.com/Customers/Business-Lines/Terminal-Facilities/54/|title=Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) Segment – Sunoco Logistics|access-date=24 January 2017}}

The Paulsboro Terminal started as an oil depot during World War I. In 1929, Patterson Oil further developed the property as an oil storage and fueling terminal. Eastern Gas & Fuels took over in 1954 and completed the terminal expansion. It sold the terminal in 1960 to Sinclair Refining Corporation. In 1969, after Sinclair and Atlantic Richfield Company merged, BP bought the property. The {{convert|130|acre|ha|adj=on}} facility stopped operations in 1996 and is being redeveloped as part of the new omniport.{{cite web | title = History | work = Paulsboro, New Jersey | publisher = BP | url = http://www.bpaulsboronj.com/site/history.php | access-date = 2013-07-11 | archive-date = 2016-08-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160824034240/http://www.bpaulsboronj.com/site/history.php | url-status = dead }}

The Citgo Asphalt Refining Company (CARCO) asphalt refinery on the east side of Mantua Creek was purchased by NuStar Energy in 2007.{{cite news | title = NuStar Energy agrees to spend $450 million on asphalt refining assets | journal= San Antonio Business Journal | date = November 7, 2007 | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2007/11/05/daily19.html | access-date = 2013-07-12 }} It became foreign trade Special Purpose Subzone 142B in 1996.{{cite journal | title = Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Citgo Asphalt Refinery Company, (Oil Refinery), Gloucester County, NJ | journal = Federal Register | volume = 61 | issue = 52 | date = March 15, 1996 | url = http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ftzpage/fr/96/O806.html | access-date = 2013-08-07 | archive-date = 2011-10-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111024150718/http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ftzpage/fr/96/O806.html | url-status = dead }} NuStar also owned a small tank farm with a truck transport terminal in Billingsport.{{cite web | title = Paulsboro, New Jersey | publisher = NuStar Energy | url = http://www.nustarenergy.com/Terminal%20Data%20Sheets/43_PaulsboroNJ.pdf |access-date = 2013-07-08}} In 2008 NuStar sold half its business to Lindsay Goldberg, which bought the company outright in February 2014, renaming it Axeon Specialty Products. The asphalt refinery, ranked as America's largest, was scheduled to close in 2017.{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-03/trump-plans-road-building-as-biggest-u-s-asphalt-plant-shuts |title=America's Biggest Asphalt Plant Is Shutting When the Country Might Need It Most |first=Robert |last=Tuttle |publisher=Bloomberg News |date=February 3, 2017 |access-date=February 4, 2017}}{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-refinery-asphalt-idUSKBN1522XE |title=Axeon plans to shutter New Jersey asphalt refinery: sources |first=Jarrett |last=Renshaw |work=Reuters |date=January 18, 2017 |access-date=February 4, 2017}}

The Plains Terminal {{cite web | title = Approved Terminals | publisher = Internal Revenue Service | date = July 31, 2013 | url = https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/tcn_db.pdf | access-date = 2013-08-06}} is a petroleum products storage and marine transfer facility in Billingsport which expanded its tank farm with eight new storage tanks in 2009.{{cite news | title = Plains All American Nears Completion of Paulsboro Petroleum Terminal Expansion | publisher = Industrial Info Resources | date = May 5, 2009 | url = http://www.industrialinfo.com/news/abstract.jsp?newsitemID=142525 | access-date = 2013-08-06}}{{cite web | title = Company History | publisher = Plains All American Pipeline | url = http://www.paalp.com/Our-Company/History-1356.html | access-date = 2013-08-07}} It has been owned by ExxonMobil, GATX Terminals Corporation, which was taken over by Kinder Morgan, and by Support Terminals Operating Partnership (a NuStar subsidiary).{{cite web | title = Subsidiaries of NuStar GP Holdings, LLC | publisher = Securities Exchange Commission | url = https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1223786/000119312508042141/dex2101.htm | access-date = 2013-08-07}} In 2012, Plains All American Pipeline and previous owners settled with NJ DEP to remediate hazardous substances in the soil at the site.{{cite web | title = Exxon v. GATX | work = Wikinvest | date = May 8, 2009 | url = http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Plains_All_American_Pipeline,_L.P._(PAA)/Exxon_Gatx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150123020421/http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Plains_All_American_Pipeline,_L.P._(PAA)/Exxon_Gatx | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 23, 2015 | access-date = 2013-08-06 | quote = This excerpt taken from the PAA (Plains All American) 10-Q filed May 8, 2009.}}{{Cite press release |url=http://www.nj.gov/dep/newsrel/2012/12_0098.htm |title= Division of Law Recovered More than $29 Million in Environmental Clean-Up Costs on Behalf of State |date= September 5, 2012 |access-date=2013-07-28 |publisher= New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection}} It has been part of a foreign trade Special Purpose Subzone 142A since 1995.

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In 2019, the New Jersey Attorney General announced it would sue ExxonMobil for releasing toxic waste into Mantua Creek.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2019/03/nj-is-bringing-the-hammer-down-on-exxon-again-accusing-oil-giant-of-dumping-cancer-causing-chemicals.html|title=N.J. is 'bringing the hammer down' on Exxon again, accusing oil giant of dumping cancer-causing chemicals|first=Michael Sol Warren | NJ Advance Media for|last=NJ.com|date=March 7, 2019|website=nj}}

On November 26, 2004, {{convert|265000|USgal|m3}} of crude oil spilled from the Cyprus-flagged oil tanker Athos 1, which was preparing to dock at the Citgo asphalt refinery, after its hull had been punctured by a submerged, discarded anchor.{{cite web | title = Athos 1 Oil Spill | publisher = University of Delaware Sea Grant Program | year = 2004 | url = http://www.ocean.udel.edu/oilspill/ | access-date = 2013-07-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060427224449/http://www.ocean.udel.edu/oilspill/ | archive-date = 2006-04-27 | url-status = dead }}{{cite web | title = Case: Athos Spill, PA, NJ, and DE | publisher = General Council for Natural Resources | url = http://www.darrp.noaa.gov/northeast/athos/ | access-date = 2013-07-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150423054535/http://www.darrp.noaa.gov/northeast/athos/ | archive-date = 2015-04-23 | url-status = dead }} Citgo was cleared of liability in 2011.{{cite web | title = Citgo cleared of $177M cleanup of Delaware River in Paulsboro after 2004 oil spill | work = South Jersey Times | date = April 14, 2011 | url = http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/citgo_cleared_of_177m_cleanup.html | access-date = 2013-07-11}}{{cite web | title = Athos 1: Oil Spill Resulting from Striking "Unknown" Object | publisher = ASBA News | date = May 2012 | url = http://www.asba.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2012-MAY-Newsletter-COVER.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-11 | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043818/http://www.asba.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2012-MAY-Newsletter-COVER.pdf | url-status = dead }} The oil spill

has had lasting impact on the estuary.{{cite web | last = Stiles | first = Eric | title = Delaware River Oil Spill Tragedy | publisher = New Jersey Audubon | url = http://www.njaudubon.org/SectionConservation/DelawareRiverOilSpillTragedy.aspx | access-date = 2013-07-12 | archive-date = 2013-05-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130520101044/http://www.njaudubon.org/SectionConservation/DelawareRiverOilSpillTragedy.aspx | url-status = dead }}

In October 2007, another spill took place at the port{{cite web | title = T/V Tigani | work = Incident News | publisher = NOAA | date = October 7, 2007 | url = http://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7699 | access-date = 2013-07-14}}{{cite news | title = Paulsboro: Oil Spill on the Delaware | newspaper = The New York Times | date = October 12, 2007 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/nyregion/12mbrfs-SPILL.html?_r=0 | access-date = 2013-07-14 }} when approximately {{convert|1200|USgal|m3}} of oil leaked from the Tigani, an {{convert|809|ft|m|adj=on}} Malta-flagged tanker operated by Cardiff Marine.{{cite web | title = Coast Guard responds to oil spill in Delaware River | publisher = United States Coast Guard | date = October 10, 2007 | url = http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-responds-to-oil-spill-in-delaware-river/2007/10/10/ | access-date =2013-07-14 }}

When opened in 2003 by BP on a {{convert|17|acre|ha|adj=on}} landfill on the Dow Chemical brownfield site, the photovoltaic system, or solar array, which is adjacent to the former BP Paulsboro Terminal, was the largest facility for solar power in New Jersey and one of the largest on the East Coast.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/solar/bp_solar_usa/STAGING/local_assets/downloads_pdfs/PaulsboroTag.pdf |publisher=BP solar |title=Paulsboro, New Jersey |access-date=2013-07-28}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.bpaulsboronj.com/paulsboro_terminal/site_history.html |publisher=BP |title=A History of the Paulsboro Terminal |access-date=2013-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224185530/http://www.bpaulsboronj.com/paulsboro_terminal/site_history.html |archive-date=2012-02-24 |url-status=dead }} BP constructed the solar power facility, which was designed for 276 kilowatts peak demand and 350,000 kilowatt-hours per year, to showcase the potential for brownfield to brightfield redevelopment.

The South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC) operates three terminals at the Port of Camden and one at the Port of Salem.{{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 }} The agency is working with Gloucester County Improvement Authority (GCIA) to develop a deep water omniport at the confluence of the Delaware River and Mantua Creek. Estimated to cost $274 million, construction began in the fall of 2009 for the marine terminal on brownfield sites at {{convert|130|acre|ha}} of a former BP crude oil and petrochemical storage facility and {{convert|60|acre|ha}} of a former chemical plant of Dow Chemical.{{cite news | last = Mancuso | first = Sara Isadora | title = Brownfield Acres In Paulsboro Eyed For Development Some Of The Land Was Saturated With Chemicals But Is Being Cleaned. A Study Will Look Into What To Build There | newspaper = The Philadelphia Inquirer | date = November 7, 2000 | url = http://articles.philly.com/2000-11-07/news/25611875_1_redevelopment-study-dow-chemical-groundwater | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160102144439/http://articles.philly.com/2000-11-07/news/25611875_1_redevelopment-study-dow-chemical-groundwater | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 2, 2016 | access-date = 2013-07-27 }}{{cite web | title = Paulsboro Pipeline | publisher = BP | url = http://www.bpaulsboronj.com/pipeline.html | access-date = 2013-08-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120224185541/http://www.bpaulsboronj.com/pipeline.html | archive-date = 2012-02-24 | url-status = dead }}

The Paulsboro Marine Terminal will include an industrial park and is designed to integrate changing needs for industrial manufacturing, value-added processing, and distribution space, and to provide complete intermodal freight transport capabilities.{{cite report | title = Southern New Jersey Freight Transportation and Economic Development Assessment Survey | publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation | date = December 2010 | url = http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/freight/plan/pdf/sjfeda_final.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-17 }}{{cite web | last = West | first = Tony | title = Port: S. Jersey Port Growing With Demand | newspaper = Philadelphia The Public Record | date = June 14, 2012 | url = http://www.phillyrecord.com/2012/06/port-s-jersey-port-growing-with-demand/ | access-date = 2013-07-08 | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055105/http://www.phillyrecord.com/2012/06/port-s-jersey-port-growing-with-demand/ | url-status = dead }} The terminal will handle a diversity of bulk and break bulk cargo, as well as shipping containers. New infrastructure includes a wharf, warehouse space, sewers with storm water retention, roadway access, and rail infrastructure. It will include facility connections to the adjacent solar power facility.{{cite report | title = Paulsboro Marine Terminal An Innovative Omniport in New Jersey | publisher = South Jersey Port Corporation | url = http://www.co.gloucester.nj.us/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=3746 | access-date =2013-07-14}}

Originally scheduled to be opened in 2012, it was later postponed to 2013.{{cite news | title = USA: New Paulsboro Marine Terminal Scheduled to Open Next Year | work= Dredging Today | date = April 13, 2012 | url = http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2012/04/13/usa-new-paulsboro-marine-terminal-scheduled-to-open-next-year/ | access-date = 2013-07-17 }} Infrastructure construction work is being completed in phases and installation of the terminal facilities has been delayed further by a lack of commercial clients. The SJPC has preliminary Memoranda of Understanding with a number of companies. Dole Food Company considered relocating import operations,{{cite news | last = Lloyd | first = Linda | title = Dole may shift from Wilmington to new Paulsboro port | newspaper = Philly.com | date = August 1, 2013 | url = http://articles.philly.com/2013-08-01/business/40919010_1_diamond-state-port-corp-largest-banana-port-bp-oil-paulsboro-terminal | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131010062417/http://articles.philly.com/2013-08-01/business/40919010_1_diamond-state-port-corp-largest-banana-port-bp-oil-paulsboro-terminal | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 10, 2013 | access-date = 2013-08-13}}{{cite news | last = Forand | first = Rebecca | title = Port of Paulsboro could be new site for Dole Fruit shipments | newspaper = South Jersey Times | date = August 1, 2013 | url = http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2013/08/port_of_paulsboro_could_be_new_site_for_dole_fruit_shipments.html | access-date = 2013-08-13}} but in August 2013 decided to remain at the Port of Wilmington (Delaware).{{cite news | last = Cooney | first = Joe | title = Search for Paulsboro port tenant continues | newspaper = Courier-Post | date = Aug 15, 2013 | url = http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013308150073&gcheck=1 | access-date = 2013-08-28 }}

In July 2014, SJPC and Holt Logistics announced that the company would possibly move some of their operations to Paulsboro as part of land exchange deal in the Port of Camden.{{cite news | last = Laday | first =Jason | title = Paulsboro port construction, Camden's Holtec manufacturing plant boosted by $260M tax break | publisher = South Jersey Times | date = July 10, 2014 | url = http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2014/07/state_approves_260m_tax_break_to_build_holtec_manufacturing_plant_in_camden_paulsboro_port_to_benefi.html#incart_river | access-date = 2014-07-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2014/10/port_of_paulsboro_announces_first_tenant.html|title=Port of Paulsboro announces first tenant|date=28 October 2014 |access-date=24 January 2017}} The first tenant, NMLK Steel, will occupy approximately 40 acres of the port to bring steel slabs and transload them onto rail cars for distribution throughout the country.

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The port is a manufacturing/assembly center for wind turbines for the development of wind power in New Jersey and other offshore wind power projects along the East Coast of the United States. In August 2010, legislation to encourage the development of wind power in New Jersey was signed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at the Port of Paulsboro. The Offshore Wind Economic Development Act authorized New Jersey Economic Development Authority to provide up to $100 million in tax credits for wind energy facilities.{{cite news | last = Beym | first = Jessica | title = Gov. Chris Christie at Paulsboro Marine Terminal to sign wind energy bill into law | newspaper = South Jersey Times | date = August 19, 2010 | url = http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2010/08/gov_chris_christie_at_paulsbor.html | access-date = 2013-07-17 }} Studies completed in 2012{{cite news | last = Laday | first = Jason | title = Paulsboro port site vetted by wind energy firm | newspaper = South Jersey Times | date = December 11, 2012 | url = http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2012/12/paulsboro_port_site_vetted_by.html | access-date = 2013-07-17 }}{{cite news | title = AWC Study Confirms Feasibility Of Paulsboro Marine Terminal Site | publisher = North American Wind Power | date = April 25, 2013 | url = http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.11417 | access-date = 2013-07-17 }} concluded that the port is well suited to become a center for the manufacture, assembly, and transport of wind turbines to be used to further the development of Atlantic Wind Connection.{{cite web

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| access-date = 2013-07-27}}{{cite news | last = Merritt | first = Athena D. | title = $250M port will be built in Paulsboro | newspaper = Philadelphia Business Journal | date = January 19, 2009 | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2009/01/19/story3.html?page=all | access-date = 2013-07-08 }}{{cite news | last = Forand | first = Rebecca | title = Port of Paulsboro could be construction site for off-shore wind structures | newspaper = South Jersey Times | date = April 23, 2013 | url = http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2013/04/port_of_paulsboro_could_be_con.html | access-date = 2013-07-08 }}{{cite news | last = Belier | first = Carolyn | title = Companies Betting Big on New Jersey's Offshore Wind | publisher = WCAU | date = April 24, 2013 | url = http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Companies-Betting-Big-on-New-Jerseys-Offshore-Wind-204522031.html | access-date = 2013-07-08 }}{{cite web | last = Paciolla | first = Christina | title = The Port of Paulsboro | work= South Jersey Biz | date = February 2012 | url = http://www.southjerseybiz.net/articles/?articleid=475 | access-date = 2013-07-08}}{{cite news | last = Loyd | first = Linda | title = Construction under way at new Paulsboro port | newspaper = The Philadelphia Inquirer | date = April 13, 2012 | url = http://articles.philly.com/2012-04-13/business/31337924_1_offshore-wind-wind-farms-marine-terminal | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131001035257/http://articles.philly.com/2012-04-13/business/31337924_1_offshore-wind-wind-farms-marine-terminal | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 1, 2013 | access-date = 2013-07-08 }} The port is the site for the production the enormous monopile foundations for turbines for the off-shore wind farm Ocean Wind.{{cite web | url=https://eu.courierpostonline.com/story/news/2022/05/20/monopile-fabrication-plants-open-hiring-paulsboro-marine-terminal-2022-job-training-program-mayor/9813087002/ | title=Port-based manufacturing jobs on horizon in Paulsboro, two steel plants under construction }}

Site surveys for the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) permit to build the project were performed by CH2M Hill.{{cite report | title = Department of Army Permit | work = Permit number CENAP-OP-R2007-1125-35 | publisher = United States Army Corps of Engineers | date = November 11, 2011 | url = http://www.salemcountynj.gov/download/Rail%20Road/2011Jan28%20ACOE%20Section%2010_404%20Permit.pdf | access-date = 2013-08-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233128/http://www.salemcountynj.gov/download/Rail%20Road/2011Jan28%20ACOE%20Section%2010_404%20Permit.pdf | archive-date = December 30, 2013 | url-status = dead }} In 2011, USACE authorized additional dredging of a {{convert|27|acre|ha|adj=on}} area at the confluence to {{convert|40|ft|m}} in the river and {{convert|20|ft|m}} in the creek to provide deep water berths and obtain dredge fill for the omniport.{{cite report | title = Department of Army Permit | work = Permit number CENAP-OP-R2007-1125-35 | publisher = United States Army Corps of Engineers | date = November 11, 2011 | url = http://www.salemcountynj.gov/download/Rail%20Road/2011Jan28%20ACOE%20Section%2010_404%20Permit.pdf | access-date = 2013-08-15 | quote = Specifically, the port shall include a four berth wharf consisting of Handymax capable Berths (No's 1-3) and a 550' long and 150' wide barge mooring (Berth No. 4), 1570' of a low profile bulkhead within the dredge footprint...and dredging of 27 acres, generating 334,000 cubic yards of material, to -40' in the Delaware River and -20' in Mantua Creek plus 2' overdraft. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233128/http://www.salemcountynj.gov/download/Rail%20Road/2011Jan28%20ACOE%20Section%2010_404%20Permit.pdf | archive-date = December 30, 2013 | url-status = dead }} The terminal site has been raised by up to {{convert|10|ft|m|0}} with {{convert|300000|cuyd|m3}} of dredge fill from the river and creek in order to be above the 100-year floodplain and potential for sea-level rise due to climate change caused by global warming.

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Planned dock capacity would allow for a {{convert|550|ft|m}} long barge mooring and {{convert|2400|ft|m}} of deep water berths of {{convert|40|ft|m}} at Mean Low Water (MLW) that would also accommodate three Handymax size vessels.{{cite news | last = Bittner | first = Gina | title = Outlook: Railroad, ship, motor vehicle changes begin to take shape | newspaper = Gloucester County Times | date = February 21, 2012 | url = http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2012/02/outlook_railroad_ship_motor_ve.html | access-date = 2013-07-17 }} Construction of bulkheads is designed to protect submerged aquatic vegetation. The final wharf construction, which had been previously bid by three companies in 2012, may be delayed until 2016, pending signed lease agreements by South Jersey Port Corporation with companies that will use the port. Shippers and industrial companies can require a different range of wharf specifications, depending on the finished goods, materials, and commodities they handle.{{cite news | last = Laday | first = Jason | title = Port of Paulsboro wharf goes back to bid, work to begin before Q1 2016 | newspaper = South Jersey Times | url = http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2013/04/port_of_paulsboro_wharf_goes_b.html | date = April 16, 2013 | access-date = 2013-08-15 }}

Traditionally, access to various port facilities west of Mantua Creek has been via New Jersey Route 44 over a historic vertical lift bridge at mile point 1.7 built in 1935 and locally known as the Gateway to Paulsboro. Owned and operated by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), it was last significantly renovated in 1986–1988.{{cite web | title = Drawbridge schedules | publisher = NJDOT | url = http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/drawbridge.shtm | access-date = 2013-08-25}}{{cite web | title = NJ 44 over Mantua Creek | work = New Jersey Historic Bridge Data | publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation | date = November 12, 2002 | url = http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/works/environment/pdf/Historic_BR_Gloucester.pdf | page = 33 | access-date = 2013-09-02}}{{cite news | last = McDonough | first = John | title = Bridge Repairs Set In Paulsboro, Logan | newspaper = The Philadelphia Inquirer | date = December 3, 1986 | url = http://articles.philly.com/1986-12-03/news/26067436_1_bridge-repairs-bridge-projects-bridge-operators | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222072921/http://articles.philly.com/1986-12-03/news/26067436_1_bridge-repairs-bridge-projects-bridge-operators | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 22, 2015 | access-date = 2013-08-25 }}{{cite web | title =Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Mantua Creek, Paulsboro, NJ (Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 117 | work = Rules and Regulations | publisher = Federal Register Vol. 74, No. 78 | date = April 24, 2009 | url = http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2009-04-24/pdf/E9-9447.pdf | access-date = 2013-08-25}}

A portion of the road that would later be designated Interstate 295 was opened in 1948.{{cite web|url=http://www.phillyroads.com/roads/I-295_NJ/ |title=Interstate 295 (New Jersey)|access-date=2013-08-25|author=Eastern Roads}} The Gloucester County Improvement Authority is building a new connector, which is funded by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and is expected to be completed by 2014, that would create a gateway from I-295 to the new marine terminal.{{cite press release | title = County Awards Contracts for Construction of Access Road & Bulkhead Work at Port of Paulsboro | date = December 30, 2010 | url = http://co.gloucester.nj.us/government/freeholderpressroom/pressdetail2.cfm?PressReleaseID=775 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130903053635/http://co.gloucester.nj.us/government/freeholderpressroom/pressdetail2.cfm?PressReleaseID=775 | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 3, 2013 | publisher = Gloucester County | access-date = 2013-09-02 }}{{cite news | last = Green | first = Joe | title = Two contracts awarded in Port of Paulsboro job; dredging, link to I-295 included | newspaper = South Jersey Times | date = December 30, 2010 | url = http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2010/12/two_contracts_awarded_in_port.html | access-date = 2013-07-08 }} It includes a new access road and {{convert|0.75|mi|1|adj=on}} overpass bridge over the creek from Paradise Road in West Deptford Township between the Gloucester County sewage treatment plant and the NuStar Energy asphalt refinery.{{cite news | last = Stillwell | first = Eileen | title = Paulsboro port projects contracted | newspaper = Courier-Post | date = January 1, 2011 | url = http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110101/NEWS01/101010333/Paulsboro-port-projects-contracted | access-date = 2013-09-02 }}{{google maps |url= https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.83916,-75.228152&hl=en&ll=39.839222,-75.228152&spn=0.02567,0.066047&sll=39.841594,-75.237422&sspn=0.0129,0.033023&t=h&z=15 |title= Location of Access Road and Overpass Bridge to New Marine Terminal from West Deptford |accessdate= 2013-09-02}} Paradise Road, which changes to Mantua Creek Road, provides direct access to Exit 19 of I-295. This new routing through West Deptford would avoid heavy truck traffic through residential areas of Paulsboro.{{cite web | title = New Port Facility and Interstate Overpass Proposed in Paulsboro, N.J. | publisher = Security Info Watch | date = February 4, 2005 | url = http://www.securityinfowatch.com/news/10610568/new-port-facility-and-interstate-overpass-proposed-in-paulsboro-nj | access-date = 2013-07-11}}{{cite news | last = Paciolla | first = Christina | title = Cleanup in full gear at Port of Paulsboro site | newspaper = The Gloucester County Times | date = October 12, 2010 | url = http://www.nj.com/gloucester/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1286866521306500.xml&coll=8 | access-date = 2013-09-02 | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063908/http://www.nj.com/gloucester/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1286866521306500.xml&coll=8 | url-status = dead }}

The port is located within Conrail's South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area. SMS Rail Lines handles interchanges with the Penns Grove Secondary line. New infrastructure at the omniport includes the construction of a rail crossing, turnouts, and {{convert|11000|ft|m}} of track with a balloon loop for dockside accessibility. It is expected to cost $3.2 million and be completed by 2014.{{cite press release | title = Federal Tiger III Grant Partnership Agreement Signed Between the South Jersey Port Corporation, Conrail, and Salem County Bring $18.5 Million to Upgrade Southern New Jersey Rail and Port Infrastructure | publisher = South Jersey Port Corporation | date = October 23, 2012 | url = http://www.southjerseyport.com/upload/news/128_DocFile_TIGER%20III%20Press%20Release%2010-23-12%20ver%202.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-31 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131112181031/http://www.southjerseyport.com/upload/news/128_DocFile_TIGER%20III%20Press%20Release%2010-23-12%20ver%202.pdf | archive-date = November 12, 2013 | url-status = dead }} Partial federal funding for this work was obtained in 2011 by SJPC, Conrail, and Salem County by leveraging $117.65 million of infrastructure funding for the marine terminal and other South Jersey projects. They include upgrading the southern section of the Salem Branch rail freight line from Swedesboro to the Port of Salem and retrofitting of the Delair Bridge, the most downstream rail crossing of the Delaware and the regional connection to the national rail network, to accommodate industry standard, {{convert|286000|lbs|adj=on}} capacity rail cars.{{cite web|title=PortoCall |publisher=South Jersey Port Corporation |date=Spring 2013 |url=http://www.southjerseyport.com/upload/news/135_DocFile_POCMAG2013-web.pdf |access-date=2013-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112181403/http://www.southjerseyport.com/upload/news/135_DocFile_POCMAG2013-web.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-12 }}{{cite news | last = Nussbaum | first = Paul | title = Contract signed to boost South Jersey freight-rail links | newspaper = The Philadelphia Inquirer | date = October 25, 2012 | url = http://articles.philly.com/2012-10-25/news/34709174_1_paulsboro-port-freight-rail-delair-bridge | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150610205103/http://articles.philly.com/2012-10-25/news/34709174_1_paulsboro-port-freight-rail-delair-bridge | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 10, 2015 | access-date = 2013-07-17 }}

The Jefferson Street Bridge is a railroad movable bridge over Mantua Creek {{convert|1.3|mi}} upstream from its mouth.{{Cite journal | title = United States Coast Pilot 3 – Delaware Bay | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | date = August 25, 2013 | edition = 46 | page = 200 | url = http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=3 | format = pdf | quote = Mantua Creek, Mile 78S, ... entrance jetties are marked by lights, and the entrance channel is marked by buoys... The ConRail bridge 1.3 miles above the mouth has a 32-foot-wide swing span... The wharves below the first bridge on Mantua Creek have depths of 20 to 14 feet alongside.}}{{google maps |url= https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.834568,-75.236725&hl=en&ll=39.843999,-75.230598&spn=0.051336,0.132093&sll=40.07304,-74.724323&sspn=6.547932,16.907959&t=h&z=14 |title= East Jefferson Street Bridge |accessdate= August 23, 2013}} The {{convert|160|ft|m|adj=on}}{{cite web | last = Kotzker | first = Dari | title = Damaged in Paulsboro Derailment Will Be Replaced Bridge | work= NJ Today | date = March 4, 2013 | url = http://www.njtvonline.org/njtoday/video/bridge-damaged-in-paulsboro-derailment-will-be-replaced/ | access-date = 2013-07-14}} "A-Frame", shear pole, swing bridge was originally constructed in 1917{{cite conference | title = Paulsboro Bridge | work = Automation of Movable Bridges CONRAIL | publisher = www.arema.org | url = http://www.arema.org/files/library/2005_Conference_Proceedings/00004.pdf | access-date = 2013-08-24}} and rebuilt in 1940. Once part of Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL),{{cite web | title = Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Penns Grove Branch Mantua Creek Moveble Bridge Paulsboro, New Jersey | publisher = broadway.pennsyrr.com | url = http://broadway.pennsyrr.com/Rail/Prr/Maps/Itlk/mantua_creek.gif | access-date = 2013-08-23 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130717083312/http://broadway.pennsyrr.com/Rail/Prr/Maps/Itlk/mantua_creek.gif | archive-date = 2013-07-17 | url-status = dead }} it is now part of Conrail's Penns Grove Secondary. Originally manually opened, it was partially automated sometime between 2000 and 2003.{{cite web | title = Paulsboro Railroad Bridge | publisher = Bridgehunter | url = http://bridgehunter.com/nj/gloucester/paulsboro-railroad/ | access-date = 2013-08-23}}

Buckling of the bridge caused a derailment of a coal train in 2009. More than 15 rail cars left the tracks, though none toppled.{{cite news | last = Six | first = Jim | title = Train cars derail in Paulsboro, West Deptford | newspaper = South Jersey Times | date = August 23, 2009 | url = http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2009/08/train_cars_derail_in_paulsboro.html | access-date = 2013-07-08 }}

On November 30, 2012 seven cars derailed while crossing the bridge. Of the four cars that fell into the creek, one was punctured, releasing {{convert|23000|USgal|m3}} of highly toxic vinyl chloride,{{cite news | last = Laday | first = Jason | title = Paulsboro train derailment: How it happened; anatomy of the train wreck – Updated | newspaper = South Jersey Times | date = December 1, 2012 | url = http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2012/12/paulsboro_train_derailment_pla.html | access-date = 2013-07-14 }}{{cite report | title = Preliminary Report | work =Accident No.: DCA13MR002 Accident Type: Train Derailment with Hazardous Materials Release Location: Paulsboro, New Jersey | publisher = National Transportation Safety Board | date = November 30, 2012 | url = https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/2012/paulsboro_nj/paulsboro_preliminary_report.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-14 }}{{cite web | title = A Train Derails in Paulsboro, N.J., Releasing 23,000 Gallons of Toxic Vinyl Chloride Gas | publisher = NOAA | date = December 17, 2012 | url = http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/media/train-derails-paulsboro-nj-releasing-23000-gallons-toxic-vinyl-chloride-gas.html | access-date = 2013-07-08 }} which required an evacuation in the region and Paulsboro school lock-downs.{{cite news | title = Train derailment causes chemical spill of vinyl chloride in Paulsboro | newspaper = South Jersey Times | date = November 30, 2012 | url = http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2012/11/train_derailment_prompts_evacu.html | access-date = 2013-07-08 }} Removal of derailed cars and environmental cleanup was handled by U.S. Coast Guard.{{cite news |title= Unified Command Advances East Jefferson Street Bridge Cleanup |publisher= Coast Guard News |url= http://coastguardnews.com/unified-command-advances-east-jefferson-street-bridge-cleanup/2012/12/05/ |date= December 5, 2012 |access-date= 2013-08-02 }}

In March 2013, Conrail announced that the bridge would be replaced with an expected September 2014 operational date. Normally, between March 1 and November 30 the bridge is left in the open position for maritime traffic and closed when trains approach. The new bridge opened in March 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2015/03/06/paulsboro-span-opens-train-traffic/24509907/|title=Paulsboro span opens to train traffic after 2012 derailment|first=Jim|last=Walsh|website=Courier-Post}}

Numerous lawsuits have been brought in the matter.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2015/08/part_of_nj_train_derailment_case_dismissed_judge_s.html#incart_river|title=Part of N.J. train derailment case dismissed, judge says|date=20 August 2015 |access-date=24 January 2017}}

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• {{cite report | title = Maritime Commerce in the Greater Philadelphia Area – Assessing Industry Trends and Growth Opportunities for Delaware River Ports | publisher = Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation | date = July 2008 | url = http://www.pidc-pa.org/userfiles/file/MaritimeCommerceInGreaterPhila.pdf | access-date = 2013-07-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120126044629/http://www.pidc-pa.org/userfiles/file/MaritimeCommerceInGreaterPhila.pdf | archive-date = 2012-01-26 | url-status = dead }}
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