Editing Jersey City, New Jersey (section)

===Port Jersey===
[[Port Jersey]] is an [[intermodal freight transport]] facility that includes a [[containerization|container terminal]] located on the [[Upper New York Bay]] in the [[Port of New York and New Jersey]]. The municipal border of the [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]] cities of Jersey City and [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]] runs along the long pier extending into the bay.

The north end of the facility houses the [[Greenville Yard]], a rail yard located on a manmade peninsula that was built in the early 1900s by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trainweb.org/AbandonedLIRR/NYCH.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104637/http://trainweb.org/AbandonedLIRR/NYCH.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-29|title=New York Cross Harbor Railroad|date=September 29, 2007|website=trainweb.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/project/newjers/factsh/pdf/portjers.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041019014108/http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/project/newjers/factsh/pdf/portjers.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-10-19|title=US Army Corps of Engineers}}</ref> [[New York New Jersey Rail]] is a [[switching and terminal railroad]] headquartered in Greenville Yard that operates the only [[car float]] in [[New York Harbor]] between Jersey City and [[Brooklyn]]. Operations were expanded in 2017 with a new barge, ''NYNJR100,'' that features four tracks that can carry up to 18 rail cars of {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=on}} length, with up to 2,298 long tons (2,335 tonne) of cargo.<ref>{{cite web | last=Moore | first=Kirk | title=Metal Trades delivers New York rail float barge | website=WorkBoat | date=November 10, 2017 | url=https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/metal-trades-delivers-new-york-rail-float-barge/ | access-date=March 4, 2025}}</ref> A second barge of the same capacity, ''NYNJR200,'' was delivered in 2018 with an older 14-car barge, the ''278,'' still in service.<ref name=workboat119>{{cite news | last=Moore | first=Kirk | title=Metal Trades delivers second rail barge to New York | website=WorkBoat | date=January 16, 2019 | url=https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/metal-trades-delivers-second-rail-barge-to-new-york// | access-date=March 4, 2025}}</ref> In 2019, the $600 million expansion was completed with the construction of an [[ExpressRail#ExpressRail Port Jersey|Express Rail]] facility that features {{convert|9,600|ft|m|abbr=on}} of track over eight tracks serviced by two rail mounted [[gantry cranes]] with a yearly capacity of 250,000 container lifts.

The central area of the facility contains Port Liberty Bayonne, a major [[Panamax|post-panamax]] shipping facility operated by [[CMA CGM]] that underwent a major expansion in June 2014.<ref>Conte, Michaelangelo. [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2014/06/global_container_unveils_its_j.html "Global Container Terminals in Jersey City unveils $325M expansion project"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 19, 2014. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Global Container Terminals in Jersey City held a grand opening yesterday for the completion of a $325 million expansion project which officials say will increase safety, efficiency, environmental friendliness and double the number of containers passing through the terminal."</ref><ref>Sullivan, Al. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2014/06/22/jc-hosts-high-tech-container-port/ "JC hosts high tech container port; Global unveils most modern facility in the nation"], ''[[Hudson Reporter]]'', June 22, 2014. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> The largest ship ever to call at the Port of New York-New Jersey, the MOL Benefactor, docked at Port Jersey in July 2016 after sailing from China through the newly widened Panama Canal.<ref>Berger, Paul. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160710143618/http://www.northjersey.com/news/mega-ship-s-arrival-in-bayonne-a-sign-of-the-future-1.1628020 "Mega-ship's arrival in Bayonne a sign of the future"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 8, 2016, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of July 10, 2016. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The largest ship ever to call at the Port of New York and New Jersey docked this week after sailing from China through the newly widened Panama Canal. The arrival of the MOL Benefactor at Bayonne's Global Container Terminals marks the beginning of what promises to be a succession of progressively larger ships calling at the busiest port on the East Coast."</ref> In 2024, Port Jersey received four new [[Panamax|super post panamax]] cranes capable of serving 24,000 [[twenty-foot equivalent unit]] (TEU) vessels raising the number of cranes at the port from eight to twelve. Additionally, work is ongoing to create a third berth for vessels with a depth of {{convert|55|ft|m}}.<ref name=Cranes>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcargonews.com/news/2024/10/four-sts-cranes-for-port-liberty-bayonne/?freebie=e14894c2f3f143ae12aec5c847f98c57|title=Four STS cranes for Port Liberty Bayonne|website=worldcargonews.com|date=October 22, 2024|access-date=March 4, 2025}}</ref>