![]() | A fact from Port of Salem appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the
Did you know column on 31 August 2013 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
| ![]() |
![]() | This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
{{geodata-check}}
The port is at the waterfront to the wet near Barber's Basin. Djflem ( talk) 22:38, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
It is difficult to put the story together with available information, but it appears the the municipal port authority engaged private operator to operate port facilities, including Del Stevedoring at the Muniicpal Wharf north of Barber's Basin. they also built a silo that turned out was unusable since ships handling products stored couldn't access port due to shallow depths. Eventually SJPC took over part of the port, at the Salem Terminal, located at Municipal Wharf.
The Salem Municipal Port Authority was established in 1984, but seems to have lacked the expetise to run it. In 1988, it leased part of the publicly-owned Municipal Wharf to Salem Marine, a private corporation. In 1993/1994 management of the Municipal Wharf was taken over by the South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC), which seems in turn may have leased it to Del Stevedoring/Del Lines. While there were attempts to find another private operator (during the aborted attempt to merge a Philadelphia/South Jersey port operations into the DRPA) it is dubious what happened. In 1996 South Jersey Port Corporation became owners and operators of Municipal Wharf, now Salem Terminal. While SJPC website claims an facility acreage of 22 acres (8.9 ha), other describe that as the size of the entire port district, which include the Salem Terminal at 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) [1], Mid-Atlantic operations (former Major's Wharf and others) including Tilbury Road Wharf (Bermuda International Terminal)? [2] The marine terminal operators [3] at Salem seem to be only MId-Atlantic and SJPC, though Bermuda International Terminals may lease land from SJPC. [4]
{{
cite news}}
: Check date values in: |date=
(
help)
Djflem ( talk) 15:25, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
Eventually, someone needs to go edit this article so all citations should display minimum information of Title, issue date (if applicable), author (if applicable), publisher, and access date, along with any other applicable/useful info based on Wikipedia guidelines. Citations should display Titles rather than the url's. Wondering55 ( talk) 21:36, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Eventually, someone needs to provide converted metric units for each of the English units, which do not have conversions in this article. Wondering55 ( talk) 21:39, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
I propose to change the article name to "Port of Salem (New Jersey)" since there are several "Salems" in the United States. Wondering55 ( talk) 01:49, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
Tophat added to disam with Salem Harbor. Djflem ( talk) 10:39, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
![]() | A fact from Port of Salem appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the
Did you know column on 31 August 2013 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
| ![]() |
![]() | This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
{{geodata-check}}
The port is at the waterfront to the wet near Barber's Basin. Djflem ( talk) 22:38, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
It is difficult to put the story together with available information, but it appears the the municipal port authority engaged private operator to operate port facilities, including Del Stevedoring at the Muniicpal Wharf north of Barber's Basin. they also built a silo that turned out was unusable since ships handling products stored couldn't access port due to shallow depths. Eventually SJPC took over part of the port, at the Salem Terminal, located at Municipal Wharf.
The Salem Municipal Port Authority was established in 1984, but seems to have lacked the expetise to run it. In 1988, it leased part of the publicly-owned Municipal Wharf to Salem Marine, a private corporation. In 1993/1994 management of the Municipal Wharf was taken over by the South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC), which seems in turn may have leased it to Del Stevedoring/Del Lines. While there were attempts to find another private operator (during the aborted attempt to merge a Philadelphia/South Jersey port operations into the DRPA) it is dubious what happened. In 1996 South Jersey Port Corporation became owners and operators of Municipal Wharf, now Salem Terminal. While SJPC website claims an facility acreage of 22 acres (8.9 ha), other describe that as the size of the entire port district, which include the Salem Terminal at 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) [1], Mid-Atlantic operations (former Major's Wharf and others) including Tilbury Road Wharf (Bermuda International Terminal)? [2] The marine terminal operators [3] at Salem seem to be only MId-Atlantic and SJPC, though Bermuda International Terminals may lease land from SJPC. [4]
{{
cite news}}
: Check date values in: |date=
(
help)
Djflem ( talk) 15:25, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
Eventually, someone needs to go edit this article so all citations should display minimum information of Title, issue date (if applicable), author (if applicable), publisher, and access date, along with any other applicable/useful info based on Wikipedia guidelines. Citations should display Titles rather than the url's. Wondering55 ( talk) 21:36, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Eventually, someone needs to provide converted metric units for each of the English units, which do not have conversions in this article. Wondering55 ( talk) 21:39, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
I propose to change the article name to "Port of Salem (New Jersey)" since there are several "Salems" in the United States. Wondering55 ( talk) 01:49, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
Tophat added to disam with Salem Harbor. Djflem ( talk) 10:39, 5 September 2013 (UTC)