South Jersey Port

The South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC) is one of the oldest ports in the country and currently includes four terminals: Beckett Street (Camden), Broadway (Camden), Port of Salem and the new Port of Paulsboro (in the design stage).

NJDEP’s Diesel Risk Reduction Program is working with SJPC and its contractor, NESCAUM, to retrofit and re-power cargo handling equipment in Camden. Two cranes, two front-end loaders and two lift trucks have been or are scheduled to be re-powered. Additional equipment will receive retrofit devices. This project is funded with $500,000 of enforcement settlement money.

Ports of Newark and Elizabeth

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, along with its partners, has undertaken a comprehensive effort to inventory sources of diesel emissions and identify strategies to reduce them:
A Clean Air Strategy for the Port of New York & New Jersey

NJDEP has completed its Phase 1 “Estimated Air Quality Impacts on Surrounding Communities of PM2.5 and SO2 Emissions Resulting From Maritime Operations at Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal and Port Newark”. This study uses a computer model to estimate the air quality and health impacts from a variety of diesel emission sources at the Port, using the Port’s inventory of diesel emissions. The Phase 2 report, "Estimated Air Quality Impacts on Surrounding Communities of PM2.5 and SO2 Emissions Resulting From Maritime Operations at the Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal and Port Newark: Phase 2 Future Impacts (2015)" is complete. Phase 3 will estimate the air quality impacts from diesel truck traffic upon several residential areas in the Newark and Elizabeth area. 

Port of Philadelphia

The Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), the South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC), and the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) have launched a Green Ports Initiative to identify strategies that will reduce the environmental impacts and improve the sustainability of their operations.
Click Here to find out more bout the Green Ports Initiative.