New York / New Jersey Harbor Navigation Project: Marine Terminal Planning Aspects

The paper is limited to container terminals, as the continued trend of containerization is expected in Port of NY/NJ. The Port Authority Strategic Master Plan for the Port of New York and New Jersey and the Port Masterplan for the City of New York both focused primarily on container terminal development. Several alternatives were developed for each terminal in these reports, however, this paper is limited to the non-Federal sponsors' improvement plans at the time of the study. It should be noted that, since that time, terminal plans have continued to be revised and updated by various public and private interests. Terminals handling other cargo types, namely automobiles and other roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro), dry bulk, and liquid bulk were also considered in the Harbor Navigation Study. Expansion at those facilities was neither warranted nor endorsed by non-Federal partners. This paper includes a statement of the problem, described in greater detail in the companion paper, Navigation Plan Formulation Aspects, a description of each of the existing container terminals in the Port, descriptions of planned developments at the time of the study by the non-Federal sponsors. An attempt was made to quantify each terminal's importance - by strategic location to deep water and/or a sufficient infrastructure system, by size, and by adjacent land available for future expansion.