Port Jersey

Port Jersey
Port Jersey, with the Statue of Liberty in the foreground
Port Jersey, with the Statue of Liberty in the foreground
TypeIntermodal freight transport facility
LocaleBayonne & Jersey City
New Jersey
Official namePort Jersey Port Authority Marine Terminal
OperatorPort Authority of New York and New Jersey
New York New Jersey Rail, LLC
Conrail Shared Assets Operations
GCT Bayonne, LP
Characteristics
Clearance below50 feet (15 m)
History
Coordinates40°40′16″N 74°04′26″W / 40.671°N 74.074°W / 40.671; -74.074
Looking northwest across MOTBY (with USS Intrepid in foreground), Port Jersey, Greenville Yard, and Claremont Terminal

Port Jersey, officially the Port Jersey Port Authority Marine Terminal and referred to as the Port Jersey Marine Terminal, is an intermodal freight transport facility that includes a container terminal located on the Upper New York Bay in the Port of New York and New Jersey. The municipal border of the Hudson County cities of Jersey City and Bayonne runs along the long pier extending into the bay.[1]

The facility was created between 1972 and 1976 and acquired by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in July 2010.[2][3] Its major tenant is GCT Bayonne, a post-panamax shipping facility operated by Global Container Terminals.[4][5]

Much of Port Jersey is part of United States Foreign-Trade Zone 49.[6] Most of the area in and around the facility is restricted, though a walkway along its northern side is accessible to the general public and may eventually connect with the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway. A very small bird sanctuary (specifically for the least tern)[7] is also located on the promenade.

  1. ^ Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 978-0-88097-763-0.
  2. ^ "Press Release Article - Port Authority of NY & NJ". Panynj.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  3. ^ Willner, Andrew (September 12, 2010). "Saving the Bayonne Bridge, and the N.J./N.Y. port". The Record. Bergen County. Archived from the original on September 25, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  4. ^ "Global Terminals Bayonne". Archived from the original on March 29, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "GCT Bayonne mixing things up in NY/NJ". www.ajot.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  6. ^ "Foreign-Trade Zone 49 - Services - Port of New York and New Jersey - Port Authority of New York & New Jersey". Archived from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  7. ^ "Hudson County Master Plan". Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.