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Issue 9 2019 - FBJNA


///TERMINAL STEVEDORES


The Red Hook 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. (PANYNJ photo.)


Port Terminal Operators Remain Bullish, Proceed with Long-Term Investment


By Peter Buxbaum


A couple of months ago, ground was broken on a new $12 million warehouse at the Tioga Marine Terminal in the Port of Philadelphia. The coming 100,000 square -foot on-dock facility will feature indoor rail and truck loading and extra-high ceilings that will facilitate the handling of forest products. That


development


shouldn’t have come as a huge surprise,


since Tioga a new customer last year, a


“We have had to turn customers away because we simply did not have the space.”


-- Robert Palaima, DRS. landed Long Term Plans


The global economy is slowing, tariff wars may be suppressing international trade, and some say even consumer spending in the United States has become iffy.


DELAWARE RIVER STEVEDORES, INC.


Delaware River Stevedores, Inc. (DRS) operates at multiple locations in the ports of Camden, Philadelphia and Wilmington, DE, offering experienced waterfront labor and an array of specialized equipment and stevedoring gear for breakbulk, projects, heavy lift and ro-ro cargoes.


Corporate Offices 441 North 5th Street, Suite 210 Philadelphia, PA 19123 215-440-4100 www.d-r-s.com


SSA Marine’ and JAXPORT sign deal to expand container facility. (JAXPORT photo)


capacity related to a wide variety of cargo categories, betting that the current trade snafu is not


Like the Port of Philadelphia,


numerous ports around the United States and Canada are expanding their terminals and operations. Of course, such work does not come quickly and takes years of planning and approvals. From technology


Port of Wilmington, DE 1 Hausel Rd. Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 655-6315


Tioga Marine Terminal 3451 North Delaware Ave Philadelphia, PA 19134 (215) 790-4447


Joseph A. Balzano Marine Terminal 101 Joseph A. Balzano Blvd. Camden, NJ 08103 (856) 541-2773


innovations to facility and capacity expansions, terminal operators absorb much of the risk by investing large sums in developing international trade infrastructure. Developments at the Tioga Marine Terminal in North Philadelphia are emblematic of the agility


large Brazilian paper pulp manufacturer, that will be


moving 350,000 tons per year through the terminal. The Port of Philadelphia has handled large volumes of lumber, wood, moldings, paper, and wood pulp for decades. “This new warehouse cannot


be built quickly enough,” said Robert Palaima, president of Delaware River Stevedores, Tioga Marine Terminal’s operator. “We have had to turn customers away because we simply did not have the space.”


But terminal operators in North America and across the globe are proceeding with investments in


going to last forever and reflecting a long-term bullish posture toward international trade.


required for terminal operators to succeed in a questionable environment. “Tioga has been able to


recreate itself from time to time to meet the needs of the marketplace and address cargo opportunities that present themselves,” said DRS’s Robert Palaima. The improvements currently ongoing at Tioga “will allow us to continue doing that, and more effectively,” he added, reflecting the dynamic attitude that is becoming increasingly prevalent and necessary among today’s maritime terminal operators. Here’s FBJNA’s look at terminal


and operational developments happening around North America.


Preparing for Growth


At the Port of New York and New Jersey’s Red Hook terminal in Brooklyn, Seaboard Marine began a new service to Central America in April, a signal that north-south trades may be the next growth area for the port. The service, connecting New York with ports in El Salvador, Gua t emala, Honduras, and


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