The purchase of the former DuPont Repauno plant and Superfund site on the Delaware River in Gloucester County, New Jersey by Fortress Investment Group was announced yesterday. Fortress, which operates a freight rail line in Florida and dock facilities in Texas, has not announced how the port will be used, but said one possibility is warehousing and import/export of automobiles.
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Land sale raises hopes for new South Jersey port, Philly.com
Shuttered DuPont gunpowder plant to ‘rise from the ashes’, become newest port along Delaware River,
Former DuPont dynamite plant to become Delaware River port, Courier Post