Cargo load sets record at South Jersey Port

[Brian Maniglia]

The 2005 built, 750ft. bulker "Ocean Lord" sailed from Broadway Terminal, Camden, New Jersey after discharging 70,000 tons of Italian Slag, the largest load from a single ship ever to call at the Camden NJ port.

Slag is a byproduct of blast furnaces that is blended to make a cement additive. It will be used by St. Lawrence Cement, a Canadian company that operates a plant at the Camden terminal. The company imported a total of 789,000 tons totally last year.

The Ocean Lord arrived last weekend from Tarano, Italy with a 22-member Indian crew.

The ports previous tonnage record for a single ship was about 60,000 tons of scrap metal 10 years ago.

The ship's captain was also welcomed with a welcoming plaque, since this is the first time the ship has sailed up the river.

[Charles McAllister]

Brian,

Nice to see Camden getting positive notice.  last time I was there, maybe 7-8 years ago, things were looking pretty bad.  Getting battleship New Jersey was to have sparked a wave (pardon the pun) of port development.  Has any of that happened?

[Brian Maniglia]

Most South Jersey ports have seen an increase of business in the last 5 years or so. There is also talk of developing a new mega port in Paulsboro and possible other ports along South Jersey.