Two cargo ships originally bound for the Port of New York and New Jersey will unload instead at Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia because of lingering power outages, flooding, and potential damage to the New York harbor caused by Hurricane Sandy.
The vessels will unload here temporarily. One shipper currently serves the Philadelphia port in addition to New York, said Tom Holt Jr., who runs the terminal at Packer Avenue and Columbus Boulevard.
Agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers, have been surveying channels in the New York harbor, looking for underwater obstructions and damage to terminals and berths caused by the storm.
