Author : SJPC

Del Monte Fresh Fruit begins operations at the Broadway Terminal, making Camden its largest distribution center in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

Mainland China calls on the Port of Camden for the first time in 40 years, with a ship laden with hardboard.

SJPC ranks among the top 10 percent of ports worldwide and continues to grow, completing a $14.5 million expansion at Beckett St. Terminal.

The Port of Camden becomes the second largest lumber port on the East Coast.

The New York Shipbuilding Corporation site is re-opened as the Broadway Terminal, operated by the South Jersey Port Corporation.

State Legislature revamps the Port Commission into the South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC).1968

Ground is broken for a new 500-foot wharf at Beckett Street Terminal.

Two 25-ton whirly gantry cranes are purchased and steel coils begin to arrive at the port.

The Port of Camden handles a record breaking 424,173 tons, including 152,742,777 board feet of lumber.

The Beckett Street Terminal opens.